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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Plesiopidae Roundheads
Subfamily: Plesiopinae
Genus: Plesiops

(See list of species below)


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17 species (see list below)

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Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 7.6 cm SL
Plesiops auritus Mooi, 1995

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Plesiops auritus
[Earspot longfin]

Photo by Miyahara, H.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 7.7 cm TL
Plesiops cephalotaenia Inger, 1955

Photo by Miyahara, H.
 
Plesiops cephalotaenia
[Headstripe longfin]

Photo by Miyahara, H.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835

Photo by Miyahara, H.
 
Plesiops coeruleolineatus
[Crimsontip longfin]

Photo by Maclean, J.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm TL
Plesiops corallicola Bleeker, 1853

Photo by Maclean, J.
 
Plesiops corallicola
[Bluegill longfin]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 4.6 cm SL
 
Plesiops facicavus
[Poreface longfin]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 8.2 cm SL
 
Plesiops genaricus
[Cheekveil longfin]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm SL
Plesiops gracilis Mooi & Randall, 1991

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Plesiops gracilis
[Threadfin longfin]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 9.8 cm SL
Plesiops insularis Mooi & Randall, 1991

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Plesiops insularis
[Island longfin]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 11 cm SL
 
Plesiops malalaxus
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Plesiops multisquamata Inger, 1955

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Plesiops multisquamata
[Spotted longfin]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Plesiops mystaxus Mooi, 1995

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Plesiops mystaxus
[Moustache longfin]

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Plesiops nakaharae Tanaka, 1917

Photo by The Fish Database of Taiwan
 
Plesiops nakaharae
[]

Photo by Field, R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Plesiops nigricans (Rüppell, 1828)

Photo by Field, R.
 
Plesiops nigricans
[Whitespotted longfin]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific. from
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Plesiops oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Plesiops oxycephalus
[Sharp-nosed longfin]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 4.6 cm SL
 
Plesiops polydactylus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 6.3 cm SL
 
Plesiops thysanopterus
[Tasselfin longfin]

Photo by Winterbottom, R.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 9.5 cm SL
Plesiops verecundus Mooi, 1995

Photo by Winterbottom, R.
 
Plesiops verecundus
[Redtip longfin]
17 Species of Family Plesiopidae with Genus Plesiops
(Roundheads)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1995 Plesiops auritus Earspot longfin Indo-Pacific 7.6 SL
1955 Plesiops cephalotaenia Headstripe longfin Western Pacific 7.7 TL
1835 Plesiops coeruleolineatus Crimsontip longfin Indo-Pacific 10 TL
1853 Plesiops corallicola Bluegill longfin Indo-Pacific 18 TL
1995 Plesiops facicavus Poreface longfin Western Central Pacific 4.6 SL
1991 Plesiops genaricus Cheekveil longfin Western Pacific 8.2 SL
1991 Plesiops gracilis Threadfin longfin Western Pacific 7 SL
1991 Plesiops insularis Island longfin Southwest Pacific 9.8 SL
1995 Plesiops malalaxus Western Indian Ocean 11 SL
1955 Plesiops multisquamata Spotted longfin Western Indian Ocean 25 TL
1995 Plesiops mystaxus Moustache longfin Western Indian Ocean 9 TL
1917 Plesiops nakaharae Northwest Pacific 14 TL
1828 Plesiops nigricans Whitespotted longfin Western Indian Ocean 17 TL
1855 Plesiops oxycephalus Sharp-nosed longfin Indo-West Pacific. from 6 TL
1995 Plesiops polydactylus Western Pacific 4.6 SL
1995 Plesiops thysanopterus Tasselfin longfin Eastern Indian Ocean 6.3 SL
1995 Plesiops verecundus Redtip longfin Western Pacific 9.5 SL



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