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]

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)

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