| Orthopristis Temporal range: Middle Eocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Subfamily: | Haemulinae |
| Genus: | Orthopristis Girard, 1858 |
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| Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858 | |
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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)
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.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Orthopristis". FishBase. August 2013 version.
- "CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- "Roncador-Sul-Americano (Orthopristis scapularis)". BioDiversity4All (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- Lin, Chien-Hsiang; Nolf, Dirk (2022-04-20). "Middle and late Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA". European Journal of Taxonomy. 814: 1–122. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.814.1745. ISSN 2118-9773.
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