Anisotremus Explained

Anisotremus is a genus of grunts native to the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic Oceans. The name of this genus is compound of anisto meaning “different” and tremus meaning “hole”, referring to the different sized paired pores on each side of the head.^[1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Anisotremus caesius (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (silvergrey grunt)
• Anisotremus davidsonii (Steindachner, 1876) (xantic sargo)
• Anisotremus dovii (Günther, 1864) (spotted head sargo)
• Anisotremus espinozai Acevedo-Álvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Domínguez-Domínguez 2021 (Santa Cruz grunt)^{[2] [3]}
• Anisotremus interruptus (T. N. Gill, 1862) (burrito grunt)
• Anisotremus moricandi (Ranzani, 1842) (brownstriped grunt)
• Anisotremus pacifici (Günther, 1864) (Carruco sargo)
• Anisotremus perezponcedeleoni Acevedo-Álvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Domínguez-Domínguez 2021 (Clarion grunt)^[4]
• Anisotremus scapularis (Tschudi, 1846) (Peruvian grunt)
• Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791) (black margate)
• Anisotremus taeniatus T. N. Gill, 1861 (Panama porkfish)
• Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (porkfish)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Order LUTJANIFORMES: Families HAEMULIDAE and LUTJANIDAE . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . 5 January 2021 . 20 March 2021 . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
2. Web site: Anisotremus espinozai Acevedo-Alvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Dominguez-Dominguez 2021, sp. n. - Plazi TreatmentBank . 2023-01-02 . treatment.plazi.org . en.
3. Web site: Santa Cruz Grunt (Anisotremus espinozai) . 2023-01-02 . iNaturalist . en.
4. Web site: Clarion Grunt (Anisotremus perezponcedeleoni) . 2023-01-02 . iNaturalist . en.