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Common names: Grunt, Hogfish, Pigfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Smith-Vaniz, W.F., B.B. Collette and B.E. Luckhurst, 1999
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Type locality, Charleston. A preferred fish important to commercial and recreational fisheries along the east coast of the country (Ref. 35505). Present inshore south of Cape Hatteras (Ref. 37512). Also Ref. 7251, 9761, 26340, 26938.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Darcy, G.H., 1983
National Database:

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Goret mule, Corocoro burro, Grunt, ... more

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> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Orthopristis: Greek, ortho = straight + Greek, pristis = saw (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin; saumâtre démersal; océanodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 10 - ? m (Ref. 25). Temperate; 41°N - 10°N, 99°W - 60°W

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Orthopristis chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie