Orthopristis

Updated on Nov 08, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Family Haemulidae Rank Genus		Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes

Similar Orthopristis chrysoptera, Haemulon, Anisotremus, Haemulopsis, Conodon

Orthopristis is a genus of grunts native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

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)

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