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Definition of Anisotremus
1. Noun. A genus of Haemulidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Haemulidae, Haemulidae
Member holonyms: Anisotremus Virginicus, Pork-fish, Porkfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anisotremus
Literary usage of Anisotremus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE PORK-FISH (Anisotremus virginicus) Another pan-fish of the grunt family (Hamu-
lid(E) is the pork-fish, a handsome and beautifully- marked species. ..."
2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"THE PORK-FISH (Anisotremus virginicus) Another pan-fish of the grunt family (Hamu-
lida) is the pork-fish, a handsome and beautifully- marked species. ..."
3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Anisotremus includes numerous deep-bodied species with smaller mouth, ...
Anisotremus surinamensis, the pompon, abundant from Louisiana southward is the ..."
4. A Check-list of the Fishes and Fishlike Vertebrates of North and Middle America by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"Anisotremus scapularis (Tschudi). Coast of Pern; said to have been once taken at
Mazatlan. ... Nat., ed. x, 281, 1758, South America. 1721. Anisotremus ..."
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