Orthopristis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lutjaniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lutjaniformes

Familia: Haemulidae
Genus: Orthopristis
Species: O. cantharinus – O. chalceus – O. chrysoptera – O. forbesi – O. lethopristis – O. poeyi – O. reddingi – O. ruber – O. scapularis

nom

Orthopristis Girard, 1858

References

• Marceniuk, A., Caires, R.A., Machado, L., Cerqueira, N.N.C.D., Rayla Roberta M. De S. Serra & Oliveira, C. 2019. Redescription of Orthopristis ruber and Orthopristis scapularis (Haemulidae: Perciformes), with a hybridization zone off the Atlantic coast of South America. Zootaxa 4576(1): 109–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Orthopristis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Orthopristis species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Pigfishes
français: Gorets