Anisotremus

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]

Anisotremus
Anisotremus virginicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Genytremus T. N. Gill, 1862

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Anisotremus in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  3. 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.
  4. "Anisotremus espinozai Acevedo-Alvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Dominguez-Dominguez 2021, sp. n. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  5. "Santa Cruz Grunt (Anisotremus espinozai)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  6. "Clarion Grunt (Anisotremus perezponcedeleoni)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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