Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Cottonwick
Cottonwick
Scientific Name: Haemulon melanurum
Family: Haemulidae
Category: Grunts & Sweetlips
Size: 7 to 10 in. (17 to 25 cm)  
Depth: 10-50 ft. (3-15 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico

Grunts/Sweetlips & Snappers
Grunts & Sweetlips

Cottonwick

Sailors Choice

White Grunt

Bluestriped Grunt

Graybar grunt

Wavyline Grunt

Giant Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips (Sub-Adult)

Many-Spotted Sweetlips

Striped Sweetlips

Diagonal-Banded Sweetlips

Dotted Sweetlips

Ribbon Sweetlips

Oriental Sweetlips

Oriental Sweetlips (Juvenile)

Black Margate

Panamic Porkfish

Porkfish

Porkfish (Juvenile)

Smalltoothed Jobfish

White Margate

Tomtate

Caesar Grunt

Smallmouth Grunt

French Grunt

French Grunt (Juvenile)

Spanish Grunt



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