Orthopristis Explained

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 (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)^{[1] [2]}

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.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes . 2023-06-27 . researcharchive.calacademy.org.
2. Web site: Roncador-Sul-Americano (Orthopristis scapularis) . 2023-06-27 . BioDiversity4All . pt.
3. Web site: PBDB . 2024-02-29 . paleobiodb.org.
4. Lin . Chien-Hsiang . Nolf . Dirk . 2022-04-20 . Middle and late Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA . European Journal of Taxonomy . en . 814 . 1–122 . 10.5852/ejt.2022.814.1745 . 2118-9773.