• Source: 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.




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)
Orthopristis scapularis Fowler, 1915 (South American grunt)
The extinct species O. burlesonis (formerly Allomorone burlesonis Frizzell and Dante, 1965) is known from otoliths from the Middle Eocene of the southern United States.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Gerot-gerot
• Orthopristis chrysoptera
• Orthopristis
• Orthopristis reddingi
• Haemulidae
• Pigfish
• South Texas
• List of fishes of Florida
• Calusa
• Onzole Formation
• List of least concern perciform fishes