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Longfin Mako
The longfins, also known as roundheads or spiny basslets, are a Family (biology), family, Plesiopidae, which were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now regarded as being ''incertae sedis'' in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Percomorpha. They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. Classification In some classifications, the genus ''Notograptus'' is split in its own family, Notograptidae, but FishBase is followed here. There are two Subfamily, subfamilies within the Plesiopidae and the genera are as follows: *Subfamily Acanthoclininae Günther, 1861 ** Genus ''Acanthoclinus'' Leonard Jenyns, Jenyns, 1841 ** Genus ''Acanthoplesiops'' Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1912 ** Genus ''Beliops'' Graham S. Hardy, Hardy, 1985 ** Genus ''Belonepterygion'' Allan Riverstone McCulloch, McCulloch, 1915 ** Genus ''Notograptus'' Günther, 1867 * Subfamily Plesiopinae Günther, 1861 ** Genus ''Assessor (fish), Assessor'' Gilbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimsontip Longfin
''Plesiops coeruleolineatus'', the crimsontip longfin or coral devil, is a species of fish in the family Plesiopidae. Description ''P. coeruleolineatus'' has an elongated body that grows to a length of . Although colours vary, it is generally has a black or brown body, with two dark stripes behind the eye. The dorsal spines are tipped with orange or red, bordered below with a line white. It has a bluish stripe running along the basal part of the dorsal fin. Distribution The crimsontip longfin is widely found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa, east to the Samoa Islands, Oceania, and southern Japan, and south to Australia at Queensland. It has been recorded in such specific locations as Cargados Carajos, Comores, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, and the Seychelles. Habitat This is a very common yet secretive species. It lives in shallow, outer-reef areas at depths to . During the day, it usually remains under coral and stones in lago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |