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Definition of Genus orthopristis
1. Noun. A genus of Haemulidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Haemulidae, Haemulidae
Member holonyms: Hogfish, Orthopristis Chrysopterus, Pigfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Orthopristis
Literary usage of Genus orthopristis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... occurs on the Pacific coast of tropical America, from Mazatlan to Peru.
It is not uncommon on sandy shores. genus orthopristis GIRARD The ..."
2. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Genus ORTHOPRISTIS Girard. Pig-fishes. Rather small fishes with oblong, compressed
body, elevated back, compressed head, small mouth, teeth in bands in jaws ..."
3. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Genus ORTHOPRISTIS Girard. Pig-fishes. Rather small fishes with oblong, compressed
body, elevated back, compressed head, small mouth, teeth in bands in jaws ..."
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