Longhead Grunt

Body color silvery to light burnished gold; dorsal fins with well defined blackish spots on interspinous membranes; adults with blackish spot on tip of each scale on back and upper sides. Body depth 3.2 tomes in SL. Head large; upper profile convex; gill cover and angle of preopercle lengthened as convex rounded lobe; gill cover extending to above 1/3 to 1/2 of pectoral fins. Mouth small; maxilla reaching to eye. Pores 2 and a median pit on chin (Ref. 47695).

Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7

Occurs in inshore waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).

A rare species apparently inhabiting deeper waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 47695).