Jump to content

Acanthoplesiops

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acanthoplesiops
Acanthoplesiops indicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
(unranked): Ovalentaria
Family: Plesiopidae
Subfamily: Acanthoclininae
Genus: Acanthoplesiops
Regan, 1912
Type species
Acanthoclinus indicus
Day, 1888

Acanthoplesiops is a genus of reef-dwelling fishes belonging to the family Plesiopidae. All species are very small, with 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.

Species

[edit]

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Gill, A.C., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2013): Acanthoplesiops cappuccino, a new species of acanthoclinine fish from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Plesiopidae). Zootaxa, 3750 (3): 216–222.
  2. ^ Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann and William M. Brooks: Acanthoplesiops jessicae, a new species of spiny basslet (Acanthoclininae: Plesiopidae) from Papua New Guinea, pp 57-65 | https://aqua-aquapress.com/product/aqua-262_acanthoplesiops-jessicae/