Margate
Haemulon album
Haemulon album, the white margate, grey grunt, grunt, Margaret fish, Margaret grunt, margate, margate fish, ronco blanco, viuda, white grunt, white pogret, or yellow grunt is a species of ray-finned fish, a large grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean.
White margate is sold fresh, sometimes branded as silver snapper, and caught commercially with traps, hook-and-line, and gill nets.
White margate lives in clear tropical waters around coral reefs, rocky areas, shipwrecks, and seagrass beds at 2 to 60 m. Its range runs from Bermuda and eastern Florida through the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean, plus Brazilian oceanic islands.
Also known as
- White Margate
- Margaret Grunt
- White Grunt
- Grey Grunt
Kosher Margate in foreign languages
| Scientific | Haemulon album |
| Spanish | Bocayate Blanco |
| French | Crocro |
| Chinese | 白仿石鲈 |
| Japanese | ホワイト・マーゲイト |
Gallery
- Margate is a grunt with fins and scales, so it is kosher.
