Acanthoplesiops

Acanthoplesiops
Acanthoplesiops indicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Plesiopidae
Subfamily:	Acanthoclininae
Genus:	Acanthoplesiops Regan, 1912
Type species
Acanthoclinus indicus Day, 1888

Acanthoplesiops is a genus of reef-dwelling fishes belonging to the family Plesiopidae. All species are very small, with the largest specimen recorded only reaching 27 mm standard length. 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) [1]
• 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[2]
• Acanthoplesiops naka Mooi & A. C. Gill, 2004 (Tongan spiny basslet)
• Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy, 1985 (Barebelly longfin)

References

1. 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.
2. 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/