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Haemulidae

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Noun1.Haemulidae - grunts
fish family - any of various families of fish
order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
grunt - medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
genus Haemulon, Haemulon - type genus of the Haemulidae
Anisotremus, genus Anisotremus - a genus of Haemulidae
genus Orthopristis, Orthopristis - a genus of Haemulidae


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The painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792)), is a member of the family Haemulidae and is widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Japan and New Caledonia (Randall et al.
The family Haemulidae consists of 16 genera (126 species), including the genus Pomadasys.
 
 
 
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