Spanish grunt
Haemulon macrostomum Günther, 1859
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Haemulon macrostomum Günther, 1859
- Name authority
- Günther, 1859
- Common name
- Spanish grunt
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Haemulidae
- Genus
- Haemulon
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyHaemulidae Gill, 1885
- subfamilyHaemulinae Gill, 1885
- genusHaemulon Cuvier, 1829
- speciesHaemulon macrostomum Günther, 1859
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Haemulon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| spottail gruntHaemulon maculicauda (Gill, 1862) | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haemulon schrankii Agassiz, 1831 | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluestripe gruntHaemulon sciurus (Shaw, 1803) | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| striped gruntHaemulon striatum (Linnaeus, 1758) | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| margateHaemulon album Cuvier, 1830 | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black gruntHaemulon bonariense Cuvier, 1830 | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haemulon boschmae (Metzelaar, 1919) | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| caesar gruntHaemulon carbonarium Poey, 1860 | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cortez gruntHaemulon flaviguttatum Gill, 1862 | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| French gruntHaemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest, 1823) | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sailors choiceHaemulon parra (Desmarest, 1823) | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| gruntHaemulon plumierii (Lacepède, 1801) | HaemulidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Haemulon macrostoma Günther, 1859 Günther, 1859 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. London, v. 1: i–xxxi + 1–524. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8809 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3J97C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.