''Acanthoplesiops'' is a
genus
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of
reef
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-dwelling
fish
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es belonging to the family
Plesiopidae
The longfins, also known as roundheads or spiny basslets, are a Family (biology), family, Plesiopidae, which were formerly placed in the order Perciformes or considered indeterminate Percomorpha, percomorphs, but are now considered basal Blenniifo ...
. All species are very small, with the largest specimen recorded only reaching 27 mm
standard length
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Overall length
Standard length (SL) is ...
. They have several features which distinguish them from other plesiopids, the most obvious of which is the presence of one or two spines on the
operculum.
Species
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Acanthoplesiops cappuccino''
A. C. Gill, Bogorodsky & A. O. Mal, 2013 (Red Sea spiny basslet)
[Gill, A.C., Bogorodsky, S.V. & Mal, A.O. (2013): ''Acanthoplesiops cappuccino'', a new species of acanthoclinine fish from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Plesiopidae). ''Zootaxa, 3750 (3): 216–222.'']
* ''
Acanthoplesiops echinatus''
Smith-Vaniz & G. D. Johnson, 1990 (Hiatt's longfin)
* ''
Acanthoplesiops hiatti''
L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Hiatt's basslet)
* ''
Acanthoplesiops indicus''
F. Day, 1888 (Scottie)
* ''
Acanthoplesiops jessicae''
G. R. Allen, Erdmann & William M. Brooks, 2020[Gerald R. Allen, Mark V. Erdmann and William M. Brooks: Acanthoplesiops jessicae, a new species of spiny basslet (Acanthoclininae: Plesiopidae) from Papua New Guinea, pp 57-65 ,
https://aqua-aquapress.com/product/aqua-262_acanthoplesiops-jessicae/]
* ''
Acanthoplesiops naka''
Mooi & A. C. Gill, 2004 (Tongan spiny basslet)
* ''
Acanthoplesiops psilogaster''
Hardy
Hardy may refer to:
People
* Hardy (surname)
* Hardy (given name)
* Hardy (singer), American singer-songwriter Places Antarctica
* Mount Hardy, Enderby Land
* Hardy Cove, Greenwich Island
* Hardy Rocks, Biscoe Islands
Australia
* Hardy, ...
, 1985 (Barebelly longfin)
References
Acanthoclininae
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