Anisotremus
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''Anisotremus'' 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 nom ...
of grunts native to the eastern
Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
and western
Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
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'' ( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (silvergrey grunt) *'' Anisotremus davidsonii'' ( Steindachner, 1876) (xantic sargo) *'' Anisotremus dovii'' ( 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'' (
Ranzani Camillo Ranzani (22 June 1775 – 23 April 1841, Bologna ) was an Italian Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest and a naturalist. He was director of the Museum of Natural History of Bologna from 1803 to 1841 (now the Museum of Comparative Anatomy, ...
, 1842)
(brownstriped grunt) *'' Anisotremus pacifici'' ( Günther, 1864) (Carruco sargo) *'' Anisotremus perezponcedeleoni'' Acevedo-Álvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Domínguez-Domínguez 2021 (Clarion grunt) *'' Anisotremus scapularis'' ( Tschudi, 1846) (Peruvian grunt) *'' Anisotremus surinamensis'' ( Bloch, 1791) (black margate) *'' Anisotremus taeniatus'' T. N. Gill, 1861 (Panama porkfish) *'' Anisotremus virginicus'' (
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, the ...
, 1758)
(porkfish)


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2279743 Haemulinae Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill Taxonomy articles created by Polbot