Haemulidae

French grunt

Haemulon flavolineatum

Haemulid Fish in Mexican Waters

• Yellow
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Haemulon flavolineatum, the French grunt, banana grunt, gold laced grunt, open-mouthed grunt, redmouth grunt, or yellow grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It inhabits tropical through warm-temperate regions between the southern Caribbean and the southeast U.S., within the western Atlantic Ocean.