Longfin

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iLongfins
Crimsontip longfin, Plesiops coeruleolineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Plesiopidae
Genera
Acanthoclinus Acanthoplesiops Assessor Beliops Belonepterygion Calloplesiops Fraudella Notograptus Paraplesiops Plesiops Steeneichthys Trachinops See text for species.
Synonyms
Acanthoclinidae

The longfins also known as roundheads or spiny basslets are a family, Plesiopidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

[edit] Species

In some classifications the genus Notograptus is split in its own family, Notograptidae, but this article follows FishBase in including it here.

• Genus Acanthoclinus Jenyns, 1841
  • Olive rockfish, Acanthoclinus fuscus Jenyns, 1842.
  • New Zealand rockfish, Acanthoclinus littoreus (Forster, 1801).
  • Stout rockfish, Acanthoclinus marilynae (Hardy, 1985).
  • Acanthoclinus matti (Hardy, 1985).
  • Little rockfish, Acanthoclinus rua (Hardy, 1985).
• Genus Acanthoplesiops Regan, 1912
  • Acanthoplesiops echinatus Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990.
  • Hiatt's basslet, Acanthoplesiops hiatti Schultz, 1953.
  • Scottie, Acanthoplesiops indicus (Day, 1888).
  • Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy, 1985.
• Genus Assessor Whitley, 1935
  • Yellow devilfish, Assessor flavissimus Allen & Kuiter, 1976.
  • Blue devilfish, Assessor macneilli Whitley, 1935.
  • Assessor randalli Allen & Kuiter, 1976.
• Genus Beliops Hardy, 1985
  • Beliops batanensis Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990.
  • Beliops xanthokrossos Hardy, 1985.
• Genus Belonepterygion McCulloch, 1915
  • Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby, 1889).
• Genus Calloplesiops Fowler and Bean, 1930
  • Comet, Calloplesiops altivelis (Steindachner, 1903).
  • Calloplesiops argus Fowler & Bean, 1930.
• Genus Fraudella Whitley, 1935
  • Fraudella carassiops Whitley, 1935.
• Genus Notograptus
  • Shark Bay eel-blenny, Notograptus gregoryi Whitley, 1941.
  • Spotted eel blenny, Notograptus guttatus Günther, 1867.
  • Notograptus kauffmani Tyler & Smith, 1970.
  • Notograptus livingstonei Whitley, 1931.
• Genus Paraplesiops Bleeker, 1875
  • Paraplesiops alisonae Hoese & Kuiter, 1984.
  • Eastern blue devil, Paraplesiops bleekeri (Günther, 1861).
  • Blue devil, Paraplesiops meleagris (Peters, 1869).
  • Paraplesiops poweri Ogilby, 1908.
  • Paraplesiops sinclairi Hutchins, 1987.
• Genus Plesiops Oken, 1817
  • Bluegill longfin, Plesiops corallicola Bleeker, 1853.
  • Plesiops facicavus Mooi, 1995.
  • Plesiops genaricus Mooi & Randall, 1991.
  • Threadfin longfin, Plesiops gracilis Mooi & Randall, 1991.
  • Plesiops insularis Mooi & Randall, 1991.
  • Plesiops malalaxus Mooi, 1995.
  • Spotted longfin, Plesiops multisquamata Inger, 1955.
  • Moustache longfin, Plesiops mystaxus Mooi, 1995.
  • Plesiops nakaharai Tanaka, 1917.
  • Plesiops auritus Mooi, 1995.
  • Plesiops cephalotaenia Inger, 1955.
  • Crimsontip longfin, Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835.
  • Whitespotted longfin, Plesiops nigricans (Rüppell, 1828).
  • Sharp-nosed longfin, Plesiops oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855.
  • Plesiops polydactylus Mooi, 1995.
  • Plesiops thysanopterus Mooi, 1995.
  • Plesiops verecundus Mooi, 1995.
• Genus Steeneichthys Allen and Randall, 1985
  • Steeneichthys nativitatus Allen, 1997.
  • Steeneichthys plesiopsus Allen & Randall, 1985.
• Genus Trachinops Günther, 1861
  • Trachinops brauni Allen, 1977.
  • Trachinops caudimaculatus McCoy, 1890.
  • Trachinops noarlungae Glover, 1974.
  • Eastern hulafish, Trachinops taeniatus Günther, 1861.

[edit] References

• "Plesiopidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• Plesiopidae (TSN 168019). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 25 March 2006.