| Longfin | |
|---|---|
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| Crimsontip longfin, (Plesiops coeruleolineatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Acanthopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| (unranked): | Ovalentaria |
| Family: | Plesiopidae Günther, 1861[1] |
| Subfamilies | |
See text for genera. | |
| Synonyms | |
| Acanthoclinidae | |
The longfins, also known as roundheads or spiny basslets, are a family, Plesiopidae, which were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now regarded as being incertae sedis in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Percomorpha.[2] They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
Classification
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Comet, Calloplesiops altivelis
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Eastern blue devil, Paraplesiops bleekeri
In some classifications, the genus Notograptus is split in its own family, Notograptidae, but FishBase is followed here. There are two subfamilies within the Plesiopidae and the genera are as follows:[2]
- Subfamily Acanthoclininae Günther, 1861
- Genus Acanthoclinus Jenyns, 1841
- Genus Acanthoplesiops Regan, 1912
- Genus Beliops Hardy, 1985
- Genus Belonepterygion McCulloch, 1915
- Genus Notograptus Günther, 1867
- Subfamily Plesiopinae Günther, 1861
References
- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2017). "Plesiopidae Günther, 1861". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Plesiopidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- "Plesiopidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.