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Anisotremus virginicus, the porkfish, also known as the Atlantic porkfish sweetlips, dogfish or paragrate grunt, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grunt belonging to the family Haemulidae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean .
The currently recognized species in this genus are: [2] Anisotremus caesius (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (silvergrey grunt); Anisotremus davidsonii (Steindachner, 1876) (xantic sargo)
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Bank reefs provide habitat for various fishes, including French angelfish, blue and queen parrotfish, Queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula), rock beauties (Holacanthus tricolor), Goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus), porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus) and snappers. The sand found around and in the Florida Reef is composed of shell, coral skeleton and ...
Many fish feed in the mangrove forests, including snook (Centropomus undecimalis), gray or mangrove snapper (Lutjanus griseus), schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus), tarpon, jack, sheepshead, red drum, hardhead silverside (Atherinomorus stipes), juvenile blue angelfish (Holocanthus bermudensis), juvenile porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus ...
Naked sand darter (Ammocrypta beanii); Florida sand darter (Ammocrypta bifascia); Southern sand darter (Ammocrypta meridiana); Eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida); Scaly sand darter (Ammocrypta vivax)
Spottail pinfish school in small numbers, but generally mix with many other species such as the porkfish, gray snapper, bluestriped grunt, sailor's grunt, and the bucktooth parrotfish. [11] This species is thought to spawn offshore, in rather shallow seas, during the winter or early spring. Breeding likely takes place just annually lasting for ...
Two clownfish and two tangs in a reef aquarium. The following list of marine aquarium fish species commonly available in the aquarium trade is not a completely comprehensive list; certain rare specimens may be available commercially but not yet listed here.