Longfin

Longfin
Crimsontip longfin,
(Plesiops coeruleolineatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
(unranked): Ovalentaria
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 but are now regarded as being incertae sedis in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Percomorpha.[2] They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Bailly N, ed. (2017). "Plesiopidae Günther, 1861". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nelson5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).