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 this article follows FishBase 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
  • Alison's blue devil Paraplesiops alisonae Hoese & Kuiter, 1984
  • Eastern blue devil, Paraplesiops bleekeri (Günther, 1861).
  • Southern blue devil, Paraplesiops meleagris (Peters, 1869).
  • Northern blue devil Paraplesiops poweri Ogilby, 1908.
  • Western blue devil 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

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Plesiopidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
• "Plesiopidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=168019. Retrieved 25 March 2006.