Orthopristis
{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Middle Eocene|present}}
| image = Orthopristis chrysoptera.jpg
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| taxon = Orthopristis
| authority = Girard, 1858
| type_species = Orthopristis duplex
| type_species_authority = Girard, 1858
| synonyms = * Evapristis D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
- Lepidopristis Fowler, 1944
- Lepthaemulon Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1923
- Pristocantharus T. N. Gill, 1862
- {{extinct}}Allomorone Frizzell and Dante, 1965
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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:{{FishBase genus | genus = Orthopristis| month = August | year = 2013}}
- 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){{Cite web |title=CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes |url=https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=36261 |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=researcharchive.calacademy.org}}{{Cite web |title=Roncador-Sul-Americano (Orthopristis scapularis) |url=https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/1315621-Orthopristis-scapularis |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=BioDiversity4All |language=pt}}
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.{{Cite web |title=PBDB |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63198 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=paleobiodb.org}}{{Cite journal |last1=Lin |first1=Chien-Hsiang |last2=Nolf |first2=Dirk |date=2022-04-20 |title=Middle and late Eocene fish otoliths from the eastern and southern USA |url=https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1745 |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |language=en |issue=814 |pages=1–122 |doi=10.5852/ejt.2022.814.1745 |issn=2118-9773}}
References
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