Haemulopsis

Haemulopsis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, grunts belonging to the family Haemulidae. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean and, mainly, to the eastern Pacific Ocean.^[2]

Haemulopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Haemulidae
Subfamily:	Haemulinae
Genus:	Haemulopsis Steindachner, 1868
Type species
Haemulon corvinaeforme Steindachner, 1868[1]
Species
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Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2]

• Haemulopsis axillaris Steindachner, 1869) (yellowstripe grunt)
• Haemulopsis corvinaeformis (Steindachner, 1868) (roughneck grunt)
• Haemulopsis elongatus (Steindachner, 1879) (elongated grunt)
• Haemulopsis leuciscus (Günther, 1864) (raucous grunt)
• Haemulopsis nitidus (Steindachner, 1869) (shining grunt)

All of these apart from H. corvinaeformis, which is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.^[3]