Longfin

Longfins
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.

Species

Comet, Calloplesiops altivelis

Eastern blue devil, Paraplesiops bleekeri

In some classifications, the genus Notograptus is split in its own family, Notograptidae, but FishBase is followed here:

• Genus Acanthoclinus Jenyns, 1841
  • Olive rockfish, A. fuscus Jenyns, 1842
  • New Zealand rockfish, A. littoreus (Forster, 1801)
  • Stout rockfish, A. marilynae (Hardy, 1985)
  • A. matti (Hardy, 1985)
  • Little rockfish, A. rua (Hardy, 1985)
• Genus Acanthoplesiops Regan, 1912
  • A. echinatus Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990
  • Hiatt's basslet, A. hiatti Schultz, 1953
  • Scottie, A. indicus (Day, 1888)
  • A. naka Mooi & Gill, 2004
  • A. psilogaster Hardy, 1985
• Genus Assessor Whitley, 1935
  • Yellow devilfish, A. flavissimus Allen & Kuiter, 1976
  • Blue devilfish, A. macneilli Whitley, 1935
  • A. randalli Allen & Kuiter, 1976
• Genus Beliops Hardy, 1985
  • B. batanensis Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990
  • B. xanthokrossos Hardy, 1985
• Genus Belonepterygion McCulloch, 1915
  • B. fasciolatum (Ogilby, 1889)
• Genus Calloplesiops Fowler and Bean, 1930
  • Comet, Calloplesiops altivelis (Steindachner, 1903)
  • Calloplesiops argus Fowler & Bean, 1930.
• Genus Fraudella Whitley, 1935
  • F. carassiops Whitley, 1935
• Genus Notograptus
  • Shark Bay eel-blenny, N. gregoryi Whitley, 1941
  • Spotted eel blenny, N. guttatus Günther, 1867
  • N. kauffmani Tyler & Smith, 1970
  • N. livingstonei Whitley, 1931
• Genus Paraplesiops Bleeker, 1875
  • Alison's blue devil, P. alisonae Hoese & Kuiter, 1984
  • Eastern blue devil, P. bleekeri (Günther, 1861)
  • Southern blue devil, P. meleagris (Peters, 1869)
  • Northern blue devil, P. poweri Ogilby, 1908
  • Western blue devil, P. sinclairi Hutchins, 1987
• Genus Plesiops Oken, 1817
  • P. auritus Mooi, 1995
  • P. cephalotaenia Inger, 1955
  • Crimsontip longfin, P. coeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835
  • Bluegill longfin, P. corallicola Bleeker, 1853
  • P. facicavus Mooi, 1995
  • P. genaricus Mooi & Randall, 1991
  • Threadfin longfin, P. gracilis Mooi & Randall, 1991
  • P. insularis Mooi & Randall, 1991
  • Spotted longfin, P. multisquamata Inger, 1955
  • Moustache longfin, P. mystaxus Mooi, 1995
  • P. nakaharai Tanaka, 1917
  • Whitespotted longfin, P. nigricans (Rüppell, 1828)
  • Sharp-nosed longfin, P. oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855
  • P. polydactylus Mooi, 1995
  • P. thysanopterus Mooi, 1995
  • P. verecundus Mooi, 1995
• Genus Steeneichthys Allen and Randall, 1985
  • S. nativitatus Allen, 1997
  • S. plesiopsus Allen & Randall, 1985
• Genus Trachinops Günther, 1861
  • T. brauni Allen, 1977
  • T. caudimaculatus McCoy, 1890
  • T. noarlungae Glover, 1974
  • Eastern hulafish, T. taeniatus Günther, 1861

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Plesiopidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
• "Plesiopidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.