Orthopristis

Orthopristis is a genus of grunts native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.[1]

Orthopristis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Haemulidae
Subfamily: Haemulinae
Genus: Orthopristis
Girard, 1858
Type species
Orthopristis duplex
Girard, 1858
Synonyms
  • Evapristis D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  • Lepidopristis Fowler, 1944
  • Lepthaemulon Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1923
  • Pristocantharus T. N. Gill, 1862

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
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Orthopristis in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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