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 <small>(Jenyns, 1840)</small> (sheephead grunt)
• Orthopristis chalceus <small>(Günther, 1864)</small> (brassy grunt)
• Orthopristis chrysoptera <small>(Linnaeus, 1766)</small> (pigfish)
• Orthopristis forbesi <small>D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1897</small>
• Orthopristis lethopristis <small>D. S. Jordan & Fesler, 1889</small> (scalyfin grunt)
• Orthopristis reddingi <small>D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1895</small> (bronze-striped grunt)
• Orthopristis ruber <small>(G. Cuvier, 1830)</small> (corocoro grunt)
• Orthopristis scapularis <small>Fowler, 1915</small> (South American grunt)

The extinct species O. burlesonis (formerly Allomorone burlesonis <small>Frizzell and Dante, 1965</small>) is known from otoliths from the Middle Eocene of the southern United States. †Orthopristis proronchus <small>Arambourg, 192</small><small>7</small> is known from the latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria.

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