Longfin

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Longfin
File:Plesiops coeruleolineatus.jpg
Crimsontip longfin,
(Plesiops coeruleolineatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Clade: Ovalentaria
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Plesiopidae
Günther, 1861[1]
Subfamilies

See text for genera.

Synonyms

Acanthoclinidae

The longfins, also known as roundheads or spiny basslets, are a family, Plesiopidae, which were formerly placed in the order Perciformes or considered indeterminate percomorphs, but are now considered basal blenniiforms.[2][3] They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

Classification

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Comet, Calloplesiops altivelis
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Eastern blue devil, Paraplesiops bleekeri

In some classifications, the genus Notograptus is split in its own family, Notograptidae, but FishBase is followed here. There are two subfamilies within the Plesiopidae and the genera are as follows:[2]

References

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