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Haemulopsis

Summary

Haemulopsis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, grunts belonging to the family Haemulidae. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean and, mainly, to the eastern Pacific Ocean.[2]

Haemulopsis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Haemulidae
Subfamily: Haemulinae
Genus: Haemulopsis
Steindachner, 1868
Type species
Haemulon corvinaeforme
Steindachner, 1868[1]
Species

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Species

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The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

  • Haemulopsis axillaris Steindachner, 1869) (yellowstripe grunt)
  • Haemulopsis corvinaeformis (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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Haemulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Haemulopsis". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Haemulopsis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2021.