- Longfin
Taxobox
name = Longfins
image_caption =Crimsontip longfin ,
"Plesiops coeruleolineatus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Perciformes
familia = Plesiopidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "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 orderPerciformes . They are elongated fishes, found in theIndian Ocean and westernPacific Ocean .pecies
In some classifications the genus "
Notograptus " is split in its own family,Notograptidae , but this article followsFishBase 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 naka " Mooi & Gill, 2004.
** "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.References
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