Pempheris is a genus of sweepers native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[3]

Pempheris
Pempheris japonica
Pempheris rhomboidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Pempheridae
Genus: Pempheris
G. Cuvier, 1829[1]
Type species
Pempheris touea
G. Cuvier, 1829[1]
Synonyms[2]

Catalufa Snyder, 1911
Liopempheris Ogilby, 1913
Priacanthopsis Fowler, 1906

Pempheris vanicolensis (front)

Species

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There are currently more than 70 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pempheris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pempheridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pempheris". FishBase. June 2017 version.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Randall, J.E.; Victor, B.C. (2015). "Descriptions of thirty-four new species of the fish genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae), with a key to the species of the western Indian Ocean" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 18: 1–77.
  5. ^ Mooi, R.D. & Randall, J.E. (2014): Pempheris bexillon, a new species of sweeper (Teleostei: Pempheridae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3780 (2): 388–398.
  6. ^ a b c d Randall, J.E. & Victor, B.C. (2014): Four new fishes of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae) from the western Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 12: 61-83.
  7. ^ a b c Randall, J.E., Bogorodsky, S.V., Alpermann, T.J., Satapoomin, U., Mooi, R.D. & Mal, A.O. (2013): Pempheris flavicycla, a new pempherid fish from the Indian Ocean, previously identified as P. vanicolensis Cuvier. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 9: 1-23.
  8. ^ Pinheiro, H.T., Bernardi, G. & Rocha, L.A. (2016): Pempheris gasparinii, a new species of sweeper fish from Trindade Island, southwestern Atlantic (Teleostei, Pempheridae). ZooKeys, 561: 105-115.
  9. ^ a b Randall, J.E. & Bineesh, K.K. (2014): Review of the fishes of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae) of India, with description of a new species and a neotype for P. mangula Cuvier. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 10: 20-40.
  10. ^ a b c Randall, J.E., Victor, B.C., Alpermann, T.J., Bogorodsky, S.V., Mal, A.O., Satapoomin, U. & Bineesh, K.K. (2014): Rebuttal to Koeda et al. (2014) on the Red Sea fishes of the perciform genus Pempheris. Zootaxa, 3887 (3): 377–392.
  11. ^ Koeda, K., Yoshino, T., Imai, H. & Tachihara, K. (2014): A review of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes, Pempheridae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3793 (3): 301–330.