Subject: Smallmouth Grunt, Haemulon chrysargyreum

Location: Off Key Largo, Florida

Stock Number: 031403-17A

Comments: Juveniles feed in beds of Turtle Grass, while adults are most typically found during the day around Elkhorn coral and other reef corals. At night schools of Smallmouth Grunts venture into open water to feed on plankton and small mollusks and crustaceans.

This species is found in reefs in the Bahamas and in Atlantic coastal areas from Brazil north to southern Florida.