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''Conodon'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of grunts native to the
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and
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coasts of the Americas. The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''
Conodon macrops ''Conodon'' is a genus of grunts native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Conodon macrops'' Hildebrand, 1946 (lemoneye grunt) * ''Conodon nobilis'' (Linnaeus Ca ...
''
Hildebrand Hildebrand is a character from Germanic heroic legend. ''Hildebrand'' is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is ''Hiltibrant'' and in Old Norse ''Hildibrandr''. The word ''hild'' means "battle" and ''brand'' means "sword". ...
, 1946
(lemoneye grunt) * '' Conodon nobilis'' (
Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758)
(barred grunt) * ''
Conodon serrifer ''Conodon'' is a genus of grunts native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Conodon macrops'' Hildebrand, 1946 (lemoneye grunt) * ''Conodon nobilis'' (Linnaeus Car ...
'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (armed grunt)


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Haemulinae Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Perciformes-stub