Orthopristis
Orthopristis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, grunts belonging to family Haemulidae. They are found in the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Subfamily: | Haemulinae |
| Genus: | Orthopristis Girard, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858 | |
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Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Orthopristis cantharinus (Jenyns, 1840) (sheephead grunt)
- Orthopristis chalceus (Günther, 1864) (brassy grunt)
- Orthopristis chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766) (pigfish)
- Orthopristis forbesi D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1897
- Orthopristis lethopristis D. S. Jordan & Fesler, 1889 (scalyfin grunt)
- Orthopristis reddingi D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1895 (bronze-striped grunt)
- Orthopristis ruber (G. Cuvier, 1830) (corocoro grunt)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Orthopristis in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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