Longfin
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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
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Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
. They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
and western Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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Species
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- Genus AcanthoclinusAcanthoclinusAcanthoclinus is a genus of roundheads of the Plesiopidae. They are elongate fishes with large mouths and eyes, and are found in the Indo-West Pacific oceans.-Species:* Acanthoclinus fuscus Jenyns, 1842...
Jenyns, 1841- Olive rockfishOlive rockfishThe olive rockfish, Acanthoclinus fuscus, is a longfin of the family Plesiopidae. Found only in New Zealand's intertidal zone and in rock pools at low tide, the fish grow to a length of up to ....
, Acanthoclinus fuscus Jenyns, 1842. - New Zealand rockfishNew Zealand rockfishThe New Zealand rockfish, Acanthoclinus littoreus, is a roundhead of the genus Acanthoclinus, found only in New Zealand from shallow depths to 15 m. Their length is between 5 and 15 cm.-References:...
, Acanthoclinus littoreus (ForsterJohann Reinhold ForsterJohann Reinhold Forster was a German Lutheran pastor and naturalist of partial Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America...
, 1801). - Stout rockfishStout rockfishThe stout rockfish, Acanthoclinus marilynae, is a longfin of the family Plesiopidae, found only in New Zealand's subtidal zone and in rock pools at low tide. Their length is up to 17 cm....
, Acanthoclinus marilynae (Hardy, 1985). - Acanthoclinus mattiAcanthoclinus mattiAcanthoclinus matti is a longfin of the family Plesiopidae, found only in New Zealand at depths of up to 17 m....
(Hardy, 1985). - Little rockfishLittle rockfishThe little rockfish, Acanthoclinus rua, is a longfin of the family Plesiopidae, found only in New Zealand's subtidal zone and in rock pools at low tide. They are up to in length....
, Acanthoclinus rua (Hardy, 1985).
- Olive rockfish
- Genus AcanthoplesiopsAcanthoplesiopsAcanthoplesiops 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...
Regan, 1912- Acanthoplesiops echinatus Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990.
- Hiatt's basslet, Acanthoplesiops hiatti Schultz, 1953.
- Scottie, Acanthoplesiops indicus (Day, 1888).
- Acanthoplesiops nakaAcanthoplesiops nakaAcanthoplesiops naka is a species of fish belonging to the family Plesiopidae. It is only known from a single specimen of about 1 cm standard length collected from Ofolanga Island, Tonga in 1993....
Mooi & Gill, 2004. - Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy, 1985.
- Genus Assessor Whitley, 1935
- Yellow devilfish, Assessor flavissimusAssessor flavissimusAssessor flavissimus is a fish from the Western CentralPacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 5.5cm in length....
Allen & KuiterRudie KuiterRudie Kuiter is an Australian underwater photographer, taxonomist, and marine biologist. He has described many new species of seahorse.He was born in the Netherlands.-Publications:* Photo Guide to Fishes of the Maldives by Rudie H. Kuiter...
, 1976. - Blue devilfish, Assessor macneilliAssessor macneilliAssessor macneilli is a fish from the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 6 centimeters in length. It is purple-blue with long fins....
Whitley, 1935. - Assessor randalli Allen & KuiterRudie KuiterRudie Kuiter is an Australian underwater photographer, taxonomist, and marine biologist. He has described many new species of seahorse.He was born in the Netherlands.-Publications:* Photo Guide to Fishes of the Maldives by Rudie H. Kuiter...
, 1976.
- Yellow devilfish, Assessor flavissimus
- Genus Beliops Hardy, 1985
- Beliops batanensis Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990.
- Beliops xanthokrossos Hardy, 1985.
- Genus Belonepterygion McCulloch, 1915
- Belonepterygion fasciolatum (OgilbyWilliam OgilbyWilliam Ogilby was an Irish barrister and naturalist.Ogilby was honorary secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1839 to 1846....
, 1889).
- Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby
- Genus Calloplesiops Fowler and Bean, 1930
- Comet, Calloplesiops altivelisCalloplesiops altivelisThe Comet or Marine Betta is a species of reef-associated tropical marine fish in the Longfin family . It is native to the Indo-West Pacific....
(SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1903).
- Comet, Calloplesiops altivelis
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- 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 BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1875- Paraplesiops alisonae Hoese & Kuiter, 1984
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- Eastern blue devil, Paraplesiops bleekeriParaplesiops bleekeriParaplesiops bleekeri, common names Blue-tipped long-fin, Eastern blue devil, and Bleeker's blue devil fish, is a species of fish in the family Plesiopidae...
(Günther, 1861). - Blue devilBlue DevilBlue Devil is a superhero featured in material published by DC Comics. He first appeared in a special insert published in Fury of Firestorm #24 . That story led directly into Blue Devil #1, also cover dated June 1984...
, Paraplesiops meleagris (PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1869). - Paraplesiops poweri OgilbyWilliam OgilbyWilliam Ogilby was an Irish barrister and naturalist.Ogilby was honorary secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1839 to 1846....
, 1908. - Paraplesiops sinclairi Hutchins, 1987.
- Eastern blue devil, Paraplesiops bleekeri
- Genus Plesiops Oken, 1817
- Bluegill longfin, Plesiops corallicola BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 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 coeruleolineatusPlesiops coeruleolineatusPlesiops coeruleolineatus, common names Crimsontip longfin and Coral devil is a species of fish in the family Plesiopidae.-Description:...
RüppellEduard RüppellWilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell was a German naturalist and explorer. Rüppell is occasionally transliterated to "Rueppell" for the English alphabet....
, 1835. - Whitespotted longfin, Plesiops nigricans (RüppellEduard RüppellWilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell was a German naturalist and explorer. Rüppell is occasionally transliterated to "Rueppell" for the English alphabet....
, 1828). - Sharp-nosed longfin, Plesiops oxycephalus BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1855. - Plesiops polydactylus Mooi, 1995.
- Plesiops thysanopterus Mooi, 1995.
- Plesiops verecundus Mooi, 1995.
- Bluegill longfin, Plesiops corallicola Bleeker
- 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.