Plesiopidae
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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. They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
Species
roundheads
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyPlesiopidae
七夕魚科，又稱鮗科，為輻鰭魚綱鱸形目鱸亞目的一個科。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 132
- Family
- Plesiopidae
- Collections
- USNM, UWFC, NMV, FMNH, WAM, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Sri Lanka, French Polynesia, Marshall Islands, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Perciformes
- Image
- Plesiops coeruleolineatus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Plesiopidae
- taxon name
- Plesiopidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Plesiopidae
- taxon common name
- spiny basslets
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Encyclopedic overview
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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. They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
==Classification== thumb|Comet, Calloplesiops altivelis thumb|Eastern blue devil, Paraplesiops bleekeri
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