Conodon nobilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Genus: | Conodon |
| Species: | C. nobilis
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| Conodon nobilis Linnaeus, 1758
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Conodon nobilis, the barred grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean where it is a target species for some commercial fisheries.
Description
Conodon nobilis has a relatively robust, elongate, laterally compressed body with a large eye. The upper body is brownish, the abdomen is whitish and there are yellowish horizontal lines along the flanks. They normally show 8 wide dark vertical bars on the back. The soft-rayed part of the dorsal fin, the anal fin and the pelvic fin are yellow.[3] The dorsal fin contains 12 spines and 13 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 7 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 33.6 cm (13.2 in), although 25 cm (9.8 in) is more typical.[2]
References
- ^ Anderson, W.; Claro, R.; Cowan, J.; et al. (2015). "Conodon nobilis (errata version published in 2017)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T194414A115334448. Retrieved 25 March 2021. {{cite iucn}}: error: title has extraneous text, unknown url (help)
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Conodon nobilis". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ "Species: Conodon nobilis, Barred grunt". Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 26 March 2021.