African Striped Grunt

Parapristipoma octolineatum

Biology 2

Occurs in shallow waters from the shoreline to about 50 m on sand or rocky bottom. Feeds on crustaceans and mollusks (Ref. 5535).

Distribution 3

Eastern Atlantic: Spain and Portugal to Angola. Also found in the western Mediterranean (uncommon).
Southwestern Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Angola including Madeira and Canary Islands.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Philippe Guillaume, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippeguillaume/3957631474/
  2. (c) FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/21045041
  3. (c) FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/21045043

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