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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Subfamily: | Haemulinae |
| Genus: | Orthopristis Girard, 1858 |
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| Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858
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Species edit
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)
- Orthopristis scapularis Fowler, 1915 (South American grunt)[2][3]
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.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Orthopristis in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- ^ "CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "Roncador-Sul-Americano (Orthopristis scapularis)". BioDiversity4All (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ Lin, Chien-Hsiang; Nolf, Dirk (2022-04-20). "Middle and late Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA". European Journal of Taxonomy. 814: 1–122. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.814.1745. ISSN 2118-9773.
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