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Roundheads (10)

General description

Roundheads belong to the family „Plesiopidae“ which contains 11 genera and 38 species. These family of fishes are widly distributed to the Indo-West Pacific. These are fishes in generally with large mouths and large eyes; feed on small crustaceans and fishes. Maximum length about 20 cm. Two subfamilies, Plesiopinae and Acanthoclininae.


[Further read]

Assessor(2), Belonepterygion(1), Calloplesiops(2), Paraplesiops(1), Plesiops(2), Trachinops(2)

Assessor (2)

A. flavissimus

Yellow devilfish

A. macneilli

Blue devilfish

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Belonepterygion (1)

B. fasciolatum

Belonepterygion fasciolatum

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Calloplesiops (2)

C. altivelis

Comet

C. argus

Calloplesiops argus

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Paraplesiops (1)

P. meleagris

Blue devil

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Plesiops (2)

P. cephalotaenia

Northern devilfish

P. coeruleolineatus

Crimsontip longfin

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Trachinops (2)

T. noarlungae

Noarlunga Hulafish

T. taeniatus

Eastern hulafish

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