Species Type:
Fishes
Common Name(s):
Cottonwick grunt
Size:
On average cottonwick grunts grow to 10 inches (25 centimeters) in length.
Diet:
These small fish eat sea stars, urchins, shrimp, crabs and sea cucumbers.
Range & Habitat:
Commonly found in reefs, rocky and sandy bottom habitats in the Caribbean Sea, western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
Details:
Cottonwick grunts have silvery-gray bodies with a black stripe along their back and bright yellow horizontal stripes. Juveniles show four black stripes across their bodies. Like other grunts, they produce grunting or thumping sounds by rubbing their pharyngeal teeth together, and amplifying the noise with their swim bladder.