Grunt
Haemulon steindachneri
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 16 diving areas across 11 countries and 4 regions.
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 8 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 5 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 9 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 5 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 16 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 5 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 133 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 19 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 171 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 32 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 22 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 1 records