Black grunt

The Black grunt lives in the benthopelagic, marine environment.

genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (Haemulon Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt (Haemulon aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; - also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. More

Common names

Bibigan in Ilokano
Black grunt in English
Hēi qí zī diāo in Mandarin Chinese
Higesori-dai in Japanese (日本語)
Higesoridai in Japanese (日本語)
Labian in Tagalog
Skewband grunt in English
Tong-gal-dot-tom in Korean (한국어)
Xié dài zī diāo in Mandarin Chinese
斜带髭鲷 in Mandarin Chinese
斜帶髭鯛 in Mandarin Chinese
銅盆魚 in Mandarin Chinese
铜盆鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
髭鯛 in Mandarin Chinese
髭鲷 in Mandarin Chinese
동갈돗돔 in Korean (한국어)

Order : Perciformes
Family : Hapalogenyidae
Genus : Hapalogenys
Species : Hapalogenys nitens
Authority : Richardson, 1844