Grunt
Haemulon plumierii
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Haemulidae
- Genus
- Haemulon
Where to Find
Found in 65 diving areas across 33 countries and 5 regions.
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 12 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 41 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 21086 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 2 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 4 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 47 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 319 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 249 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 28 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 220 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 245 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 35 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 9 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 14 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 3 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 2 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 2 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 3 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 3 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 19 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 9 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 367 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 302 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 296 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 4 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 10 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 10 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 4 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 5 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 10 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 374 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 381 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 262 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 424 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 121 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 7 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 338 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 5 records
- Utila, Honduras - 441 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 20 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 20 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 36 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 61 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 11 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 94 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 25 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 28 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 272 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 14 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records