Anisotremus Caesius
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Anisotremus Caesius
''Anisotremus'' is a genus of Haemulidae, 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'' (David Starr Jordan, D. S. Jordan & Charles Henry Gilbert, C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (silvergrey grunt) *''Anisotremus davidsonii'' (Franz Steindachner, Steindachner, 1876) (xantic sargo) *''Anisotremus dovii'' (Albert Günther, 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'' (Camillo Ranzani, Ranzani, 1842) (brownstriped grunt) *''Anisotremus pacifici'' (Albert Günther, Günther, 1864) (Carruco sargo) *''Anisotremus perezponcedeleoni'' ...
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Anisotremus Virginicus
''Anisotremus virginicus'', the porkfish, also known as the Atlantic porkfish sweetlips, dogfish or paragrate grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean. Description ''Anisotremus virginicus'' has a deep, compressed body with a very high back and a short, blunt head. The mouth is positioned low on the head, it is horizontal with fleshy lips and the jaws are equipped with bands of teeth on both jaws. The outer band of teeth are conical in shape. The flanks are marked with alternating yellow and silver stripes. There is a black bar running diagonally from over the eye to the upper lip and a second, vertical black bar runs from the front of the dorsal fin to the base of the pectoral fin. They have yellow fins, the caudal fin is deeply forked. The juveniles do not have the two black bars and have two black stripes which run horizontally along the middle of the flanks and a black blotch close t ...
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