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title: "Sailor's Choice"
description: "Haemulon parra — Vissen. Haemulon parra, also known by the common names sailor's grunt and sailor's choice, is a species of grunt native to the Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/sailor-s-choice
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sailor's Choice

> Haemulon parra — Vissen. Haemulon parra, also known by the common names sailor's grunt and sailor's choice, is a species of grunt native to the Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Haemulon parra*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1669
- Wikidata: [Q968535](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q968535)
- iNaturalist taxon: [317131](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/317131)

## Names

- en: Sailor's Choice
- de: Grauflossen-Grunzer
- es: Boquilla
- fr: Gorette marchand

## Countries with the most observations

US (787), MX (177), BR (117), BS (50), PR (35), KY (26), CU (24), JM (22), MQ (15), DO (12), BL (11), TT (11)

## Summary

Haemulon parra, also known by the common names sailor's grunt and sailor's choice, is a species of grunt native to the Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Sailor's Choice](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sailor-s-choice/medium.jpg)

Photo: Camille Boucher · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199954319

## Machine access

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