Plesiopidae
| Longfins | |
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Crimsontip longfin, (Plesiops coeruleolineatus) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Plesiopidae |
| Genera | |
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Acanthoclinus |
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| Synonyms | |
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Acanthoclinidae |
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Acanthoclinus
Acanthoplesiops
Assessor
Beliops
Belonepterygion
Calloplesiops
Fraudella
Notograptus
Paraplesiops
Plesiops
Steeneichthys
Trachinops
See text for species.
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.
In some classifications, the genus Notograptus is split in its own family, Notograptidae, but FishBase is followed here:
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