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Spottail grunt

Haemulon maculicauda

Photo by PieterHartog
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Field Notes

Description:

Greay body with white spots, with clear back spot on tail fin base.
Maximum 0,30 metres length.

Habitat:

At depths between 3 and 36 metres, near coral reefs & rocks, as well as sandy bottom. Feeds on crabs & shrimps.
In Eastern Pacific found from Baja California till Ecuador

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PublishedJanuary 14, 2012

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