Burito grunt

Burito grunt
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Family: Haemulidae
Genus: Anisotremus
Species: A. interruptus
Binomial name
Anisotremus interruptus
(T. N. Gill, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Genytremus interruptus T. N. Gill, 1862

The burito grunt (Anisotremus interruptus) is a species of grunt native to the tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean area, from central Baja and the Gulf of California to Peru and the Galapagos Islands. It can be found at depths of 3 to 30 m (9.8 to 98.4 ft) (usually not below 12 m (39 ft)) on reefs, hiding in crevices or caves during daylight and coming out at night to feed. This species can reach 51 cm (20 in) in TL, though most do not exceed 30 cm (12 in). The maximum weight recorded for this species is 3.6 kg (7.9 lb). It is important to commercial fisheries.[2]

References

  1. Allen, G., Robertson, R., Rivera, F., Edgar, G. & Merlen, G. 2010. Anisotremus interruptus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 06 October 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Anisotremus interruptus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.

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