Longfin

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Longfins
File:Plesiops coeruleolineatus.jpg
Crimsontip longfin,
(Plesiops coeruleolineatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
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Family:
Plesiopidae
Genera

Acanthoclinus
Acanthoplesiops
Assessor
Beliops
Belonepterygion
Calloplesiops
Fraudella
Notograptus
Paraplesiops
Plesiops
Steeneichthys
Trachinops
See text for species.

Synonyms

Acanthoclinidae

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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

File:Calloplesiops altivelis Comet.jpg
Comet, Calloplesiops altivelis

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

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Plesiopidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
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