Anisotremus
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| Anisotremus | |
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| Anisotremus virginicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Subfamily: | Haemulinae |
| Genus: | Anisotremus T. N. Gill, 1861[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sparus virginicus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Anisotremus is a genus of grunts native to the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic Oceans.[2] The name of this genus is compound of anisto meaning “different” and tremus meaning “hole”, referring to the differently sized, paired pores on each side of the head.[3]
