''Haemulopsis'' 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 marine

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...

, grunts belonging to the

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Haemulidae Haemulidae is a family of fishes in the order Perciformes known commonly as grunts. It is made up of the two subfamilies Haemulinae (grunters) and Plectorhynchinae (sweetlips), which in turn contain about 133 species in 19 genera. These fish ar ...

. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean and, mainly, to the eastern

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Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Haemulopsis axillaris'' Steindachner, 1869) (yellowstripe grunt) * ''

Haemulopsis corvinaeformis ''Haemulopsis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, Grunt (fish), grunts belonging to the Family (biology), family Haemulidae. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean and, mainly, to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Species The currently recog ...

'' (Steindachner, 1868) (roughneck grunt) * '' Haemulopsis elongatus'' (Steindachner, 1879) (elongated grunt) * '' Haemulopsis leuciscus'' ( Günther, 1864) (raucous grunt) * '' Haemulopsis nitidus'' (Steindachner, 1869) (shining grunt) All of these apart from ''H. corvinaeformis'', which is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Haemulinae {{Perciformes-stub