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Orthopristis
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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.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Pigfish

speciesOrthopristis chrysoptera

Corocoro Grunt

speciesOrthopristis rubra

Galápagos Grunt

speciesOrthopristis forbesi

Humpback Grunt

speciesOrthopristis chalcea

Sheephead grunt

speciesOrthopristis cantharina

Bronze-striped Grunt

speciesOrthopristis reddingi

South American grunt

speciesOrthopristis scapularis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49435.