Genyatremus
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| Genyatremus | |
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| Genyatremus cavifrons | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Subfamily: | Plectorhinchinae |
| Genus: | Genyatremus Gill, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Diagramma cavifrons | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Paraconodon Bleeker, 1876 | |
Genyatremus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhynchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, it consists of four species.[2] The name of this genus is a compound of genys meaning “chin”, a meaning “without” and tremus meaning “pore”, a reference to the lack of a central pore on the chin in the fishes in this genus.[3]
