Acanthoplesiops

Taxobox
name = "Acanthoplesiops"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Plesiopidae
genus = "Acanthoplesiops"
genus_authority = Regan, 1912
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "A. echinatus"
"A. hiatti"
"A. indicus"
"A. naka"
"A. psilogaster"

"Acanthoplesiops" is a genus of reef-dwelling fishes belonging to the family Plesiopidae. All species are very small, the largest specimen recorded only reaching 27 mm standard length. They have several features which distinguish them from other plesiopids, the most obvious of which is the presence of one or two spines on the operculum.

References

* [http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/NomenClature/ScientificNameSearchList.php?crit1_fieldname=SYNONYMS.SynGenus&crit1_fieldtype=CHAR&crit1_operator=EQUAL&crit1_value=acanthoplesiops&crit2_fieldname=SYNONYMS.SynSpecies&crit2_fieldtype=CHAR&crit2_operator=contains&crit2_value=&group=summary&backstep=-2 Fishbase]
*cite journal |quotes=no |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/zt00432.pdf |title=Description of a new species of the fish genus "Acanthoplesiops" Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae) from Tonga |journal=Zootaxa |volume=432 |year=2004 |author=Randall D. Mooi & Anthony C. Gill |pages=1–10