Corocoro Grunt

Orthopristis rubra

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Haemulidae

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.

Distribution

Corocoro Grunt — (c) Thomas Dreux, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 97France · 6Netherlands · 1

Sources and credits

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Corocoro Grunt

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