Calloplesiops

Collplesiops is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Plesiopidae, the longfins or roundheads. They are found in the Indo-Pacific.

Calloplesiops
Calloplesiops altivelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Plesiopidae
Subfamily: Plesiopinae
Genus: Calloplesiops
Fowler & B.A. Bean, 1930
Type species
Calloplesiops niveus
Fowler & Bean 1930[1]
Synonyms

Barrosia J.L.B. Smith, 1952

Species

There are two species currently recognised in the genus Calloplesiops:[2]

  • Calloplesiops altivelis Steindachner, 1903 (Comet)
  • Colloplesiops argus Fowler & B.A. Bean, 1930
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References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Calloplesiops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Calloplesiops in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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