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title: "Boneknaap"
description: "Anisotremus virginicus — Vissen. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/porkfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Boneknaap

> Anisotremus virginicus — Vissen. 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.

- Scientific name: *Anisotremus virginicus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3025
- Wikidata: [Q1733218](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1733218)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49947](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49947)

## Names

- en: Porkfish
- de: Virginia-Grunzer
- es: Burro payaso
- fr: Lippu rondeau
- nl: Boneknaap
- pt: Roncador-listado-americano

## Countries with the most observations

US (1203), MX (402), BR (163), PR (101), BZ (91), PA (68), HN (62), CW (51), BS (49), CU (42), VI (32), CR (27)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotremus_virginicus

## Photo

![Boneknaap](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/porkfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214006360

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/porkfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).