Husbandry
(Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Panama to Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru.
Biology
Found over sandy and rubble bottoms; occasionally on coral reefs and rocky areas.
Rarely in clear oceanic insular areas.
Often found in schools.
Juveniles encountered near the shore, over sandy bottoms near seagrass beds.
Feeds on benthic invertebrates.
Synonymised taxa
Diabasis steindachneri Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Haemulon caudimacula Steindachner, 1875
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Panama to Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Peru.
Biology
Found over sandy and rubble bottoms; occasionally on coral reefs and rocky areas.
Rarely in clear oceanic insular areas.
Often found in schools.
Juveniles encountered near the shore, over sandy bottoms near seagrass beds.
Feeds on benthic invertebrates.
Synonymised taxa
Diabasis steindachneri Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Haemulon caudimacula Steindachner, 1875