Fishing for Longspine grunt

Rhencus macracanthus

The longspine grunt is a silvery, oblong, compressed fish with four or five faint dark bars along its sides and a dark spot on the upper gill cover. Its second anal spine is long and thick. It lives over sandy and muddy bottoms in coastal waters, entering estuaries and river mouths. It reaches about 15 inches and nearly 2 pounds. This summary was AI generated

Water type

Saltwater / Mixed

IUCN Status

Least concern

Threat to humans

Harmless

Source: Fishbase

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