Chelidoperca

Chelidoperca, commonly known as perchlet, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae, which includes the groupers and anthias. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region.

==Species== There are 21 recognized species in this genus: Chelidoperca africana Cadenat, 1960 (African perchlet) Chelidoperca barazeri S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma and Chen, 2019 (Barazer's perchlet) Chelidoperca cerasina Ogino, S.-H. Lee, Chen & Matsunuma, 2019 (Cherry perchlet) Chelidoperca flavimacula Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021 (Yellow-spotted perchlet) Chelidoperca flavolineata Matsunuma, Tan & Peristiwady, 2020 (Yellow-banded perchlet) Chelidoperca formosa Tang & Ho, 2021 (Taiwanese perchlet) Chelidoperca hirundinacea (Valenciennes, 1831) Chelidoperca investigatoris (Alcock, 1890) Chelidoperca lecromi Fourmanoir, 1982 Chelidoperca leucostigmata S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019 (White-spotted perchlet) Chelidoperca maculicauda Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2013 (Indian perchlet) Chelidoperca margaritifera M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Pearly perchlet) Chelidoperca microdon S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019 (Small-toothed perchlet) Chelidoperca myathantuni Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021 (Mya Than Tun’s perchlet) Chelidoperca occipitalis Kotthaus, 1973 (Arabian perchlet) Chelidoperca pleurospilus (Günther, 1880) Chelidoperca pollux Matsunuma & Hoang, 2024 Chelidoperca pulchella Matsunuma, Tachihara, Hirasaka & Motomura, 2024 Chelidoperca santosi J. T. Williams & K. E. Carpenter, 2015 (Pogi perchlet) Chelidoperca stella Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016 Chelidoperca tosaensis Matsunuma, Yamakawa & J.T. Williams, 2017 (Red-spot perchlet)