The fish travels in schools with the smaller French grunt (H. flavolineatum), a close relative.
Up to 1,000 grunts can form a school.
The schools generally cruise near coral.

The diet consists mainly of shrimp.
It may also eat annelids, bivalves, and crustaceans.

Predators of the grunt are larger piscivorous fish, such as sharks.
The fish travels in schools with the smaller French grunt (H. flavolineatum), a close relative. Up to 1,000 grunts can form a school. The schools generally cruise near coral.
The diet consists mainly of shrimp. It may also eat annelids, bivalves, and crustaceans.
Predators of the grunt are larger piscivorous fish, such as sharks.
Blue striped grunt