Orthopristis
Orthopristis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, grunts belonging to family Haemulidae. They are found in the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:Orthopristis cantharinus Orthopristis chalceus Orthopristis chrysoptera Orthopristis forbesi D. S. Jordan & Edwin [Chapin Starks|Starks], 1897Orthopristis lethopristis D. S. Jordan & Fesler, 1889 Orthopristis reddingi D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1895 Orthopristis ruber Orthopristis scapularis Fowler, 1915The extinct species O. burlesonis is known from otoliths from the Middle Eocene of the southern United States. †Orthopristis proronchus Arambourg, 1927 is known from the latest Miocene of Algeria.