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Rhonciscus
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Rhonciscus

Rhonciscus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, grunts belonging to the family Haemulidae. The species within the genus are found in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic Ocean. It is not yet recognised by Fishbase but is by the Catalog of Fishes.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Burro Grunt

speciesRhonciscus crocro

Purplemouth Grunt

speciesRhonciscus bayanus

Rhonciscus approximans

speciesRhonciscus approximans

Sand-mover Grunt

speciesRhonciscus branickii

Rhonciscus wagneri

speciesRhonciscus wagneri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1312968.