Chicken grunt - 114e HK Reef Fish

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Chicken grunt

Characteristics

Often recorded in schools. Schools composed of hundreds of individuals have been recorded in Hong Kong.

Description

Body light olive brown with pale stripes in adults
In juveniles, there are 2 to 3 horizontal stripes on body.

Common Name: Chicken grunt

Family Common Name: Sweetlips

Family: Haemulidae

Scientific Name: Parapristipoma trilineatum___(Thunberg, 1793)

Genus: Parapristipoma

Maximum Length: 40 cm (Standard Length)

Chicken grunt