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| Description: body color light bluish-gray, head
with horizontal blue stripes, white underbelly; black blotch on preopercle; margin of each
scale bronze; large bright orange mouth; scales above lateral line larger than scales
below lateral line. Similar fish: other grunts. |
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| Where found: from SHORE to the outer reef edge or
on OFFSHORE hard bottom to 115 feet; most abundant in water less than 80 feet deep;
juveniles INSHORE. Size: most catches 1.5 pounds (15 inches). |
Remarks: audible grunting is produced by grinding of the pharyngeal teeth, with air bladder acting as amplifier; spawning occurs on OFFSHORE hard bottoms or reefs from May through June; feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, and small fishes. |
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