Parapristipoma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Lutjaniformes

Familia: Haemulidae
Genus: Parapristipoma
Species: P. humile – P. macrops – P. octolineatum – P. trilineatum
Name

Parapristipoma Bleeker, 1873
References

Parapristipoma – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Parapristipoma species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Parapristipoma is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae of the family Haemulidae. The species within the genus are native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
Chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum) sashimi

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Parapristipoma humile (S. Bowdich, 1825) (Guinean grunt)
Parapristipoma macrops (Pellegrin, 1912)
Parapristipoma octolineatum (Valenciennes, 1833) (African striped grunt)
Parapristipoma trilineatum (Thunberg, 1793) (chicken grunt)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Parapristipoma in FishBase. August 2013 version.