Blue Striped Grunt

Description:

Photo take at -50 ft on a coral reef this school of grunt is very common on this reef. Fish with a basic, 'fish-like' shape, with a sloping head with a relatively large mouth, a tapering body and a notched tail. Body with blue horizontal stripes over a yellow-gold background. Tail and rear end of dorsal fin dark with light margins; other fins yellow. Size up to 46 cm.

Habitat:

Drift in small to midsize schools, asociated to coral reefs down to 30 meters. From Florida all the Caribbean sea, Central America to North Brazil.