Guinean grunt

Parapristipoma humile

Thirty Seven Point Five Centimeters Haemulid Fish

Guinean grunt is a marine fish from Eastern Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 37.5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Haemulidae
Genus: Parapristipoma
Maximum length: 37.5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: the distribution is difficult to establish because this species is often confused with Parapristipoma octolineatum . Recorded from Gibraltar to the Canary Islands and along the coast of west Africa southward to Angola (Ref. 5535 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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