French Grunt
Haemulon flavolineatum
Sighting evidence at Les Arcadins, Haiti
Photo: Tim Cameron · © all rights reserved
French grunts school in dense aggregations of hundreds of fish above the coral heads at Les Arcadins during the day, dispersing at night to forage individually across the sand flats for polychaete worms and small crustaceans. Their abundance is a reliable proxy for reef health, as they occupy a critical trophic link between invertebrate prey and larger predators like snappers and groupers.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
French Grunt is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.