| Anisotremus | |
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| Anisotremus virginicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Subfamily: | Haemulinae |
| Genus: | Anisotremus T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Sparus virginicus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Anisotremus is a genus of grunts native to the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic Oceans. 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.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Anisotremus caesius (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (silvergrey grunt)
- Anisotremus davidsonii (Steindachner, 1876) (xantic sargo)
- Anisotremus dovii (Günther, 1864) (spotted head sargo)
- Anisotremus espinozai Acevedo-Álvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Domínguez-Domínguez 2021 (Santa Cruz grunt)
- Anisotremus interruptus (T. N. Gill, 1862) (burrito grunt)
- Anisotremus moricandi (Ranzani, 1842) (brownstriped grunt)
- Anisotremus pacifici (Günther, 1864) (Carruco sargo)
- Anisotremus perezponcedeleoni Acevedo-Álvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Domínguez-Domínguez 2021 (Clarion grunt)
- Anisotremus scapularis (Tschudi, 1846) (Peruvian grunt)
- Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791) (black margate)
- Anisotremus taeniatus T. N. Gill, 1861 (Panama porkfish)
- Anisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (porkfish)
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Anisotremus". 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. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Anisotremus espinozai Acevedo-Alvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Dominguez-Dominguez 2021, sp. n. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- "Santa Cruz Grunt (Anisotremus espinozai)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
- "Clarion Grunt (Anisotremus perezponcedeleoni)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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