Anisotremus
| Anisotremus | |
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| Anisotremus virginicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Subfamily: | Haemulinae |
| Genus: | Anisotremus T. N. Gill, 1861[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sparus virginicus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Anisotremus is a genus of grunts native to the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic Oceans.[2] 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.[3]
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (silvergrey grunt)
- (Steindachner, 1876) (xantic sargo)
- (Günther, 1864) (spotted head sargo)
- Anisotremus interruptus (T. N. Gill, 1862) (burrito grunt)
- Anisotremus moricandi (Ranzani, 1842) (brownstriped grunt)
- (Günther, 1864) (Carruco sargo)
- (Tschudi, 1846) (Peruvian grunt)
- Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791) (black margate)
- T. N. Gill, 1861 (Panama porkfish)
- Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (porkfish)
References[]
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Haemulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Anisotremus in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (5 January 2021). "Order LUTJANIFORMES: Families HAEMULIDAE and LUTJANIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
Categories:
- Anisotremus
- Haemulinae
- Ray-finned fish genera
- Taxa named by Theodore Gill