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Haemulidae

4 fish on EveryFish name Haemulidae among their families.

WorldOriental sweetlips Striped reef fish with swollen lips found in the Indo-Pacific.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758

WorldHarry hotlips A reef fish with swollen lips and leaf-like juveniles.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1802

WorldJavelin grunter A marine grunt found in the Indo-Pacific coastal waters.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1830

🇺🇸 United States and 3 morePorkfish Striped Atlantic grunt found on reefs and in seagrass beds.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1758

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Oriental sweetlips: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Harry hotlips: George Henry Ford, Public domain, source
Javelin grunter: Dinh D. Tran, FiMSeA / http://ffish.asia, CC BY 3.0, source
Porkfish: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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