Genus

       Anisotremus

       (Gill, 1861)  
       

• A. scapularis
  (Tschudi, 1846)
  - Ecuador, Chile

• Burrito grunt
  A. interruptus
  (Gill, 1862)
  - USA, Peru, Galapagos Islands

• Brownstriped grunt
  A. moricandi
  (Ranzani, 1842)
  - Brazil

• Black margate
  A. surinamensis
  (Bloch, 1791)
  - USA, Bahamas, Mexico, Caribbean, Brazil

• Carruco sargo
  A. pacifici
  (Günther, 1864)
  - Mexico, Peru

• Panama porkfish
  A. taeniatus
  (Gill, 1861)
  - Mexico, Peru

• Porkfish
  A. virginicus
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Bermuda, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Caribbean

• Silvergrey grunt
  A. caesius
  (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
  - Mexico, Peru

• Spotted head sargo
  A. dovii
  (Günther, 1864)
  - USA, Peru

• Xantic sargo
  A. davidsonii
  (Steindachner, 1876)
  - USA, Mexico

Genus

       Boridia

       (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)

• Bourriqueta porgy
  B. grossidens
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  Southwest Atlantic

Genus

       Brachydeuterus

       (Gill, 1862)  
       

• Bigeye grunt
  B. auritus
  (Valenciennes, 1832)
  Morocco, Angola

Genus

       Conodon

       (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)

• Armed grunt
  C. serrifer
  (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
  USA, Peru

• Barred grunt
  C. nobilis
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - USA, Jamaica, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Central and South America

• Lemoneye grunt
  C. macrops
  (Hildebrand, 1946)
  - Colombia, Peru

Genus

       Diagramma

       (Oken, 1817)

• Blackfin slatey
  D. melanacrum
  (Johnson & Randall, 2001)
  - Indonesia, Borneo, Philippines

• D. labiosum
  (Macleay, 1883)
  - Red Sea, East Africa, western Pacific

• Painted sweetlips
  D. pictum
  (Thunberg, 1792)
  - Red Sea, East Africa, Japan, New Caledonia

• D. punctatum
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Japan, ID, New Guinea, New Caledonia.

Genus

       Genyatremus

       (Gill, 1862)

• Torroto grunt
  G. luteus
  (Bloch, 1790)
  - Colombia, Brazil

Genus

       Haemulon

       (Cuvier, 1829) 

• Black grunt
  H. bonariense
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Greater Antilles, Brazil

• Bluestriped grunt
  H. sciurus
  (Shaw, 1803)
  - Florida, USA, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

• Bronzestripe grunt
  H. boschmae
  (Metzelaar, 1919)
  - Colombia, French Guiana

• Caesar grunt
  H. carbonarium
  (Poey, 1860)
  - USA, Bahamas, Yucatan, Mexico, Brazil, Caribbean

• Chere-chere grunt
  H. steindachneri
  (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
  - Panama, Brazil, Mexico, Peru

• Cottonwick grunt
  H. melanurum
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Bermuda, USA, Bahamas, Brazil

• French grunt
  H. flavolineatum
  (Desmarest, 1823)
  - Bermuda, USA, of Mexico, Brazil, W. Indies, Central America

• Grey grunt
  H. scudderii
  (Gill, 1862)
  - Mexico, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands

• Greybar grunt
  H. sexfasciatum
  (Gill, 1862)
  - USA, Panama

• Grunt
  H. plumierii
  (Lacepède, 1801)
  - USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Brazil, Antilles

• H. schrankii
  (Agassiz, 1831)
  - Brazil

• H. serrula
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Martinique Island

• H. squamipinna
  (Rocha & Rosa, 1999)
  - Brazil

• Sailor's grunt
  H. parra
  (Desmarest, 1823)
  - Bahamas, USA, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil

• Smallmouth grunt
  H. chrysargyreum
  (Günther, 1859)
  - USA, Bahamas, Yucatan, Mexico, Brazil

• Spanish grunt
  H. macrostomum
  (Günther, 1859)
  - USA, Antilles, Brazil

• Spottail grunt
  H. maculicauda
  (Gill, 1862)
  - USA, Mexico, Colombia

• Striped grunt
  H. striatum
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Bermuda, USA, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Caribbean, Antilles

• Tomtate grunt
  H. aurolineatum
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - USA, Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico, Brazil

• White margate
  H. album
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - USA, Bermuda, Bahamas, Brazil, W. Indies

• Yellowspotted grunt
  H. flaviguttatum
  (Gill, 1862)
  - Mexico, Ecuador

Genus

       Haemulopsis

       (Steindachner, 1869)

• Elongate grunt
  H. elongatus
  (Steindachner, 1879)
  - Mexico, Panama

• Shining grunt
  H. nitidus
  (Steindachner, 1869)
  - Gulf of California, Peru

• White grunt
  H. leuciscus
  (Günther, 1864)
  - Gulf of California to Peru

• Yellowstripe grunt
  H. axillaris
  (Steindachner, 1869)
  - Mexico to Ecuador

Genus

       Isacia

       (Jordan and Fesler, 1893)

• Cabinza grunt
  I. conceptionis
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Peru, Chile, Nicaragua

Genus

       Microlepidotus

       (Gill, 1862)

• Humpback grunt
  M. brevipinnis
  (Steindachner, 1869)
  - USA, Panama

• Wavyline grunt
  M. inornatus
  (Gill, 1862)
  - Mexico, USA

Genus

       Orthopristis

       (Girard, 1858)

• Sheephead grunt
  O. cantharinus
  (Jenyns, 1840)
  - Mexico, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands

• Brassy grunt
  O. chalceus
  (Günther, 1864)
  - Mexico, Panama, Galapagos Islands

• Pigfish
  O. chrysoptera
  (Linnaeus, 1766)
  - USA, Bermuda, Mexico

• O. forbesi
  (Jordan & Starks, 1897)
  - Galapagos Islands

• Scalyfin grunt
  O. lethopristis
  (Jordan & Fesler, 1889)
  - Galapagos Islands

• Corocoro cubano
  O. poeyi
  (Scudder, 1868)
  - Cuba

• Bronze-striped grunt
  O. reddingi
  (Jordan & Richardson, 1895)
  - Gulf of California

• Corocoro grunt
  O. ruber
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Honduras, Brazil

Genus

       Parakuhlia

       (Pellegrin, 1913)

• Dara
  P. macrophthalmus
  (Osório, 1893)
  - Senegal, Angola

Genus

       Parapristipoma

       (Bleeker, 1873)

• Guinean grunt
  P. humile
  (Bowdich, 1825)
  - Distribution is difficult to establish because this species is often confused with Parapristipoma octolineatum

• P. macrops
  (Pellegrin, 1912)
  - Spain, Portugal, Angola, Mediterranean

• African striped grunt
  P. octolineatum
  (Valenciennes, 1833)
  - Angola

• Chicken grunt
  P. trilineatum
  (Thunberg, 1793)
  - Japan, East China Sea, Taiwan

Genus

       Plectorhinchus
(Lacepède, 1801)

• Barred rubberlip
  P. plagiodesmus
  (Fowler, 1935)

• Biglip grunt
  P. macrolepis
  (Boulenger, 1899)
  - Senegal, Angola

• Blackspotted rubberlip
  P. gaterinus
  (Forsskål, 1775)
  - Red Sea, S Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoro I.

• Bronzestriped grunt
  P. taeniatus
  (McKay & Randall, 1995)
  - Arabian Peninsula

• Celebes sweetlips
  P. celebicus
  (Bleeker, 1873)
  - Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Ryukyu Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Micronesia

• Crescent sweetlips
  P. cinctus
  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
  - Arabian Sea, Japan

• Dusky rubberlip
  P. chubbi
  (Regan, 1919)
  Somalia, Kenya, India, S Africa, ID.

• Giant sweetlips
  P. obscurus
  (Günther, 1872)

• Harlequin sweetlips
  P. chaetodonoides
  (Lacepède, 1801)
  - Maldives, Cocos Islands, Sumatra, Fiji, New Caledonia, Ryukyu I., Rowley Shoals

• Harry hotlips
  P. gibbosus
  (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853)

• Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips
  P. vittatus
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Lesson's thicklip
  P. lessonii
  (Cuvier, 1830)

• Lemon sweetlip
  P. flavomaculatus
  (Cuvier, 1830)

• Lined grunt
  P. punctulatus
  (Rüppell, 1838)
  - Red Sea, Gulf of Oman

• Lined sweetlips
  P. gaterinoides
  (Smith, 1962)

• Many-lined sweetlips
  P. multivittatus
  (Macleay, 1878)

• Minstrel sweetlip
  P. schotaf
  (Forsskål, 1775)

• Oriental sweetlips
  P. orientalis
  (Bloch, 1793)
  - E Africa, Samoa, Japan, New Caledonia, Palau, Micronesia

• P. faetela
  (Forsskål, 1775)

• P. harrawayi
  (Smith, 1952)

• P. macrospilus
  (Satapoomin & Randall, 2000)

• P. nigrus
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Indo-Pacific

• P. trifasciatus
  (Fowler, 1937)
  - Australia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea

• P. umbrinus
  (Klunzinger, 1870)

• P. punctatissimus
  (Playfair, 1868)

• P. unicolor
  (Macleay, 1883)

• Painted Sweetlip
  P. picus
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Seychelles, Japan

• Parrot grunt
  P. perotaei
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Mauritania, Angola

• Pigsnout grunt
  P. rogerii
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Mauritania, Angola

• Red patched grunter
  P. unimaculatus
  (Tian, 1982)
  - China, Malaysia

• Ribboned sweetlips
  P. polytaenia
  (Bleeker, 1852)

• Rubberlip grunt
  P. mediterraneus
  (Guichenot, 1850)
  - Spain, Portugal, Namibia, Mediterranean Sea, Canary I.

• Sordid rubberlip
  P. sordidus
  (Klunzinger, 1870)

• Sri Lanka sweetlips
  P. ceylonensis
  (Smith, 1956)
  - Sri Lanka

• Striped grunter
  P. striatus
  (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908)
  - Mozambique, S Africa, Red Sea, Gulf of Suez

• Striped sweetlips
  P. diagrammus
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Trout sweetlips
  P. pictus
  (Tortonese, 1936)
  - Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, China

• Two-striped sweetlips
  P. albovittatus
  (Rüppell, 1838)
  - Red Sea, Celebes, Taiwan, Tonga, Mozambique

• Whitebarred rubberlip
  P. playfairi
  (Pellegrin, 1914)

• Yellowbanded sweetlips
  P. lineatus
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia

• Yellow-lined grunter
  P. quadrilineatus
  (Shen & Lin, 1984)
  - China, Japan

• Yellow-striped sweetlips
  P. chrysotaenia
  (Bleeker, 1855)
  - Singapore, Philippines, Solomon I., Ryukyu I, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia

• Zebra sweetlip
  P. paulayi
  (Steindachner, 1895)

Genus

       Pomadasys

       (Lacepède, 1802)

• Banded grunter
  P. furcatus
  (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  - Somalia, Mozambique, Madagascar, S Africa, Sri Lanka, Red Sea, Indonesia

• Bastard grunt
  P. incisus
  (Bowdich, 1825)
  - Strait of Gibraltar, Angola
  
• Bigspine grunt
  P. empherus
  (Bussing, 1993)
  - Costa Rica

• Bluecheek silver grunt
  P. argyreus
  (Valenciennes, 1833)
  - Pakistan, Sri Lanka, SE Asia

• Burro Grunt
  P. crocro

• Cock grunter
  P. multimaculatum
  (Playfair, 1867)
  - Africa, Australia

• Javelin grunter
  P. kaakan
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Red Sea, Africa, SE Asia, Taiwan, Australia

• Longhead grunt
  P. auritus
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia

• Longspine grunt
  P. macracanthus
  (Günther, 1864)
  - Mexico, Ecuador

• Manylined grunter
  P. laurentino
  (Smith, 1953)
  - Mozambique

• Olive grunt
  P. olivaceus
  (Day, 1875)
  - Namibia, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, India, Malaysia

• Panama grunt
  P. panamensis
  (Steindachner, 1876)
  - Gulf of California, Peru

• P. guoraca
  (Cuvier, 1829)
  - Africa, Philippines

• P. hasta
  (Bloch, 1790)
  - Indo-West Pacific

• Purplemouth grunt
  P. bayanus
  (Jordan & Evermann, 1898)
  - USA, Mexico, Peru

• Roughneck grunt
  P. corvinaeformis
  (Steindachner, 1868)
  - Mexico, Caribbean, Antilles, Brazil

• Saddle grunt
  P. maculatus
  (Bloch, 1793)
  - Indian Ocean, China, Australia

• Sand grunt
  P. branickii
  (Steindachner, 1879)
  - Mexico, Peru

• Silver grunt
  P. argenteus
  (Forsskål, 1775)
  - Red Sea, Philippines, Persian Gulf, Japan, Australia, New Caledonia

• Smallspotted grunter
  P. commersonnii
  (Lacepède, 1801)
  - India, Oman, S Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar

• Sompat grunt
  P. jubelini
  (Cuvier, 1830)
  - Mauritania, Angola

• Yellowback grunt
  P. aheneus
  (McKay & Randall, 1995)
  - Oman

Genus

       Xenichthys

       (Gill, 1863) 

• X. agassizii

• X. rupestris

• Longfin salema
  X. xanti

Genus

       Xenistius

       (Jordan and Gilbert, 1883) 

• Californian salema
  X. californiensis

• X. peruanus

Genus

       Xenocys

       (Jordan and Bollman, 1890)

• X. jessiae