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Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Haemulon: Greek, haimaleos = bloody (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Franz von Paula Schrank (1747–1835) was a German Jesuit priest who became interested in studying nature whilst at college in Oedenburg, Hungary, and became a botanist and entomologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Agassiz.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Tropical
Distribution
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Southwest Atlantic: off Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).
Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003. (Ref. 46206)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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