---
title: "Neertje"
description: "Haemulon sciurus — Vissen. The bluestriped grunt (Haemulon sciurus), also known as the boar grunt, golden grunt, humpback grunt, redmouth grunt, or yellow grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bluestriped-grunt
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Neertje

> Haemulon sciurus — Vissen. The bluestriped grunt (Haemulon sciurus), also known as the boar grunt, golden grunt, humpback grunt, redmouth grunt, or yellow grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae.

- Scientific name: *Haemulon sciurus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 4780
- Wikidata: [Q1948330](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1948330)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49262](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49262)

## Names

- en: Bluestriped Grunt
- de: Blaustreifen-Grunzerfisch
- es: Ronco carité
- fr: Gorette bleue
- nl: Neertje
- pl: Hemulon smużkowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (1508), MX (788), BZ (291), HN (190), BS (188), KY (150), VI (100), CU (92), PR (85), BM (75), BL (73), CW (53)

## Summary

The bluestriped grunt (Haemulon sciurus), also known as the boar grunt, golden grunt, humpback grunt, redmouth grunt, or yellow grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluestriped_grunt

## Photo

![Neertje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bluestriped-grunt/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108104125

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bluestriped-grunt?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).