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Rhonciscus pauco
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Haemulidae
Genus:	Rhonciscus
Species:	R. pauco
Binomial name
Rhonciscus pauco Tavera, Schärer-Umpierre & Acero P., 2022

Rhonciscus pauco, the opalescent grunt, is a species of deep-water grunt (fish) known only from Puerto Rico. The species was described based on specimens caught by fishermen in Puerto Rico's western coast, between the municipalities of Rincón and Mayagüez.

References

1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rhonciscus pauco". FishBase. April 2024 version.
2. Jose Tavera, Michelle T. Schärer-Umpierre and Arturo Acero P. 2022. A New Species of Deep-sea Grunt, Rhonciscus pauco (Lutjaniformes: Haemulidae), from Puerto Rico. PeerJ. 10:e13502 . DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13502
3. "CAS – Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes". researcharchive.calacademy.org. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
4. Pskhun (2022-06-28). "Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2022] Rhonciscus pauco • A New Species of Deep-sea Grunt (Lutjaniformes: Haemulidae) from Puerto Rico". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2023-11-25.

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• Vertebrates of Puerto Rico
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• Taxa named by Jose Tavera
• Taxa named by Michelle T. Schärer-Umpierre
• Taxa named by Arturo Acero Pizarro
• Fish described in 2022
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