Haemulidae
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| Haemulidae is a family of fishes in the order Acanthuriformes known commonly as grunts. These fishes are commonly found in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions, inhabiting marine, brackish, and sometimes fresh waters.
The family shows many feeding adaptations from bottom-feeding predation to water-column planktivory and is named for the ability of Haemulinae to produce sounds by grinding their pharyngeal teeth. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry Get back to Perciformes |