Anisotremus is a genus of grunts native to the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic Oceans. 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.
Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: +ImageSpeciesCommon nameAnisotremus caesius (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)silvergrey gruntAnisotremus davidsonii (Steindachner, 1876)xantic sargoAnisotremus espinozai Acevedo-Álvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Domínguez-Domínguez 2021Santa Cruz gruntAnisotremus interruptus (T. N. Gill, 1862)burrito gruntAnisotremus perezponcedeleoni Acevedo-Álvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Domínguez-Domínguez 2021clarion gruntAnisotremus scapularis (Tschudi, 1846)Peruvian gruntAnisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791)black margateAnisotremus taeniatus T. N. Gill, 1861Panama porkfishAnisotremus virginicus (Linnaeus, 1758)porkfish
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