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The White Grunt belongs to the Haemulidae family. It generally reach a length of 45 cm and a weight of 2.5 kg, the white grunt is a small fish. The maximum declared length is 46.0 cm and the weight is 4.38 kg. The maximum lifespan for white grunt is thought to be between 9 and 12 years old. Spawning takes place during most of the year. It can be fished all year round.
The body is moderately elongated, with a high and compressed back. The head is long with a pointed snout. The dorsal and anal fins of the white grunt are completely covered with scales. The caudal fin is forked and the pectoral fin long and sickle-shaped. The scales above the side line are larger than those below the side line. The white grunt is silvery-white to creamy, the head is bronze to yellow dorsally while the ventral surface of the head and belly is white. There is a series of dark blue stripes on the head, bordered with yellow-brown and rising into the body. The margin of each scale is bronze and the back edge is often grey. The rows of ladders above the side line are larger than those below the side line. The spiny dorsal fin is chalky to yellowish-white, the soft dorsal fin, the soft anal fin and the caudal fin are brownish grey. Pelvic fins are chalky, while pectoral fins range from light yellow to chalky. A black spot is located on the precapping and the inside of the mouth is red. The colour of this fish is variable, the fish appearing in a shade corresponding to the immediate environment.
The White Grunt lifestyle
This fish is considered as carnivorous, feeding on benthic crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms and small fish. Small juvenile eat plankton, mainly copepods, from the water column during the day.
The white grunt breeds offshore, on hard bottoms or reefs. There are no detailed observations on spawning behavior, but it has been observed that pairs of white grunts sometimes face each other and push each other with their mouths open. It is not known whether this is court conduct or territorial conduct. Eggs 0.9 mm in diameter are pelagic and transparent. They hatch 20 hours after fertilization.
The White grunt habitat
White grunt lives near mangroves, wharves, reefs and almost all the structures of its range, which extends in the western Atlantic from Chesapeake Bay to the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. It normally lives at depths similar to those of its parent, the blue striped grunt, from 0 to 30 m deep.
The White Grunt angling
It is mainly caught by hook and line but also with traps, bottom trawls and seines.
