Longspine grunt

Rhencus macracanthus

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Haemulidae

Pomadasys macracanthus, the longspined grunt or Mexican gray perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is native to the Eastern Pacific from Mexico to Ecuador. Description Pomadasys macracanthus has a body which is oblong and laterally compressed, its depth being over one-third its standard length.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 24

Sources and credits

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Longspine grunt

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