Orthopristis
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| Genus: | Orthopristis Girard, 1858
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Orthopristis is a genus of grunts native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.[1]
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
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Orthopristis in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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