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Genera in the family or subfamily Plesiopidae: [ 24 ] records

Acanthoclinus Jenyns [L.] 1841:91 Masc. Acanthoclinus fuscus Jenyns 1841. Type by original designation. Mooi 1993 [ref. 21801] places the Acanthoclinidae as a subfamily of the Plesiopidae. Type by original designation (also monotypic, second species questionably included). •Valid as Acanthoclinus Jenyns 1841 -- (Hardy 1985:360 [ref. 5184], Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 1990:223 [ref. 16561], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Yerman & Leis 2011:79 [ref. 31400], Stewart 2015:1208 [ref. 34196]). Current status: Valid as Acanthoclinus Jenyns 1841. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae.

Acanthogonia (subgenus of Paraplesiops) Ogilby [J. D.] 1918:45 Fem. Paraplesiops poweri Ogilby 1908. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by McCulloch 1929 [ref. 2948]. Misspelled Acanthagonia by Jordan 1920:564 [ref. 4905]. •Synonym of Paraplesiops Bleeker 1875 -- (Hoese & Kuiter 1984:9 [ref. 5300]). Current status: Synonym of Paraplesiops Bleeker 1875. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Acanthoplesiops Regan [C. T.] 1912:266 Masc. Acanthoclinus indicus Day 1888. Type by monotypy. Mooi 1993 [ref. 21801] places the Acanthoclinidae as a subfamily of the Plesiopidae. •Valid as Acanthoplesiops Regan 1912 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:142 [ref. 6441], Hardy 1985:381 [ref. 5184], Smith 1986:541 [ref. 5712], Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 1990:233 [ref. 16561], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Mooi 1999:2580 [ref. 24831], Mooi & Gill 2004:2 [ref. 27574], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Yerman & Leis 2011:79 [ref. 31400], Gill et al. 2013:216 [ref. 33020], Golani & Fricke 2018:69 [ref. 36273], Allen et al. 2020:57 [ref. 38028], Fujiwara & Shinohara 2022:1 [ref. 39788]). Current status: Valid as Acanthoplesiops Regan 1912. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae.

Assessor Whitley [G. P.] 1935:231 Masc. Assessor macneilli Whitley 1935. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Assessor Whitley 1935 -- (Allen & Kuiter 1976 [ref. 7331], Hoese & Kuiter 1984:8 [ref. 5300], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:141 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:524 [ref. 12442], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Mooi 1999:2581 [ref. 24831], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Hoese & Gates 2006:1053 [ref. 28997], Fricke et al. 2019:130 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Assessor Whitley 1935. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Barrosia Smith [J. L. B.] 1952:147 Fem. Barrosia barrosi Smith 1952. Type by original designation. Predates Barrosia Villers (June) 1952 in Hemiptera, Smith was Feb. 1952 (see Whitley 1965:25 [ref. 4733]). •Synonym of Calloplesiops Fowler & Bean 1930. Current status: Synonym of Calloplesiops Fowler & Bean 1930. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Beliops Hardy [G. S.] 1985:378 Masc. Beliops xanthokrossos Hardy 1985. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Mooi 1993 [ref. 21801] places the Acanthoclinidae as a subfamily of the Plesiopidae. •Valid as Beliops Hardy 1985 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:528 [ref. 12442], Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 1990:229 [ref. 16561], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Gomon et al. 1994:558 [ref. 22532], Mooi 1999:2580 [ref. 24831], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Hoese & Gates 2006:1050 [ref. 28997], Mooi 2008:550 [ref. 30652], Yerman & Leis 2011:79 [ref. 31400]). Current status: Valid as Beliops Hardy 1985. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae.

Belonepterygion McCulloch [A. R.] 1915:51 Neut. Acanthoclinus fasciolatus Ogilby 1889. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Mooi 1993 [ref. 21801] places the Acanthoclinidae as a subfamily of the Plesiopidae. •Valid as Belonepterygion McCulloch 1915 -- (Hardy 1985:375 [ref. 5184], Paxton et al. 1989:528 [ref. 12442], Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 1990:228 [ref. 16561], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Mooi 1999:2580 [ref. 24831], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Hoese & Gates 2006:1050 [ref. 28997], Yerman & Leis 2011:79 [ref. 31400]). Current status: Valid as Belonepterygion McCulloch 1915. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae.

Blanchardia Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:47 Fem. Blanchardia maculata Castelnau 1875. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Notograptus Günther 1867 -- (Gill & Mooi 1993:335 [ref. 21341], Mooi 1999:2586 [ref. 24831]). Current status: Synonym of Notograptus Günther 1867. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae.

Bleeckeria Castelnau [F. L.] 1873:14 Fem. Bleeckeria catafracta Castelnau 1873. Type by monotypy. If Bleeckeria (before May 1873) is named for Bleeker, then the genus was misspelled and is preoccupied by Bleekeria Günther 1862. •Synonym of Paraplesiops Bleeker 1875 -- (Hoese & Kuiter 1984:9 [ref. 5300]). Current status: Synonym of Paraplesiops Bleeker 1875. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Calliblennius Aoyagi [H.] 1954:213 [37] Masc. Calliblennius rubescens Aoyagi 1954. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Calliblennius Barbour 1912 in fishes, not replaced. •Synonym of Belonepterygion McCulloch 1915 -- (Hardy 1985:375 [ref. 5184], Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 1990:228 [ref. 16561]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Belonepterygion McCulloch 1915. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae.

Calloplesiops Fowler [H. W.] & Bean [B. A.] 1930:316 Masc. Calloplesiops niveus Fowler & Bean 1930. Type by original designation. •Valid as Calloplesiops Fowler & Bean 1930 -- (Hoese & Kuiter 1984:8 [ref. 5300], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:141 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:542 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:524 [ref. 12442], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Mooi 1999:2582 [ref. 24831], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Hoese & Gates 2006:1053 [ref. 28997], Motomura 2009:97 [ref. 30446], Fricke et al. 2018:161 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:69 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Calloplesiops Fowler & Bean 1930. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Cirrhiptera Kuhl [H.] & van Hasselt [J. C.] in Bleeker 1853:280 Fem. Not available; name mentioned in passing in synonymy of Plesiops as Cirrhiptera corallicola van Hasselt. Also in Bleeker 1876:322 [ref. 448] as name in synonymy attributed to Kuhl & van Hasselt. Apparently never used as a valid name or senior homonym. •In the synonymy of Plesiops Oken 1817. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Plesiops Oken 1817. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Ernogrammoides Chen [J. T. F.] & Liang [Y.-S.] 1948:32 Masc. Ernogrammoides fasciatus Chen & Liang 1948. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Ernogrammoides Chen & Liang 1948 -- (Yoshino & Kishimoto in Masuda et al. 1984:141 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Belonepterygion McCulloch 1915 -- (Hardy 1985:375 [ref. 5184], Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 1990:228 [ref. 16561], Ho & Shao 2011:43 [ref. 31432]). Current status: Synonym of Belonepterygion McCulloch 1915. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae.

Fraudella Whitley [G. P.] 1935:229 Fem. Fraudella carassiops Whitley 1935. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Probably valid as Fraudella Whitley 1935 -- (Hoese & Kuiter 1984:8 [ref. 5300]). •Valid as Fraudella Whitley 1935 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:525 [ref. 12442], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Mooi 1999:2581 [ref. 24831], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Hoese & Gates 2006:1053 [ref. 28997]). Current status: Valid as Fraudella Whitley 1935. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Notograptus Günther [A.] 1867:63 Masc. Notograptus guttatus Günther 1867. Type by monotypy. Mooi & Gill 2004:179 [ref. 27890] include the former family Notograptidae in Plesiopidae, subfamily Acanthoclininae. •Valid as Notograptus Günther 1867 -- (Tyler & Smith 1970:1 [ref. 7789], Gill & Mooi 1993:335 [ref. 21341], Mooi 1999:2586 [ref. 24831], Mooi & Gill 2004:179 [ref. 27890], Hoese & Gates 2006:1051 [ref. 28997], Gill at al. 2013:216 [ref. 33020]). Current status: Valid as Notograptus Günther 1867. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae.

Paraplesiops Bleeker [P.] 1875:3 Masc. Plesiops bleekeri Günther 1861. Type by original designation (also monotypic). See Hoese & Kuiter 1984 [ref. 5300] and Paxton et al. 1989:525 [ref. 12442] for discussion of problems surrounding the names Ruppelia, Bleeckeria and Lacepedia as proposed by Castelnau 1873. •Valid as Paraplesiops Bleeker 1875 -- (Hoese & Kuiter 1984 [ref. 5300], Hutchins 1987:231 [ref. 11465], Paxton et al. 1989:525 [ref. 12442], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Gomon et al. 1994:552 [ref. 22532], Mooi 1999:2582 [ref. 24831], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Hoese & Gates 2006:1054 [ref. 28997], Mooi 2008:551 [ref. 30652]). Current status: Valid as Paraplesiops Bleeker 1875. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Paratrachinops (subgenus of Trachinops) Allen [G. R.] 1977:61 Masc. Trachinops (Paratrachinops) brauni Allen 1977. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Trachinops Günther 1861. Current status: Synonym of Trachinops Günther 1861. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Pharopteryx Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1828:15 Fem. Pharopteryx nigricans Rüppell 1828. Type by monotypy. Spelling Pharopterix in index ruled an incorrect original spelling by ICZN and placed on Official Index (Opinion 1082). •Objective synonym of Plesiops Oken 1817 -- (Mooi 1995:6 [ref. 22053]). Current status: Synonym of Plesiops Oken 1817. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Plesiops Oken [L.] (ex Cuvier) 1817:1182 Masc. Pharopteryx nigricans Rüppell 1828. Type by subsequent designation. Based on "Les Plésiops" of Cuvier 1816:266 [ref. 993] (not latinized, not available). Type not named with original description; first addition of species not researched; type by subsequent designation of Bleeker 1876:322 [ref. 448] (see Mooi 1995:7 [ref. 22053]). Kottelat dates to Cuvier 1816:266 [ref. 993] and claims it is available. •Valid as Plesiops Oken 1817 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:140 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:543 [ref. 5660], Paxton et al. 1989:526 [ref. 12442], Mooi & Randall 1991:373 [ref. 19340], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Mooi 1995 [ref. 22053], Mooi 1999:2582 [ref. 24831], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Hoese & Gates 2006:1055 [ref. 28997] with author as Bosc 1818, Motomura 2009:98 [ref. 30446], Fricke et al. 2018:162 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:69 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:130 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Plesiops Oken 1817. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Pseudochromichthys Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1931:180 Masc. Pseudochromichthys riukianus Schmidt 1931. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Plesiops Oken 1817 -- (Mooi 1995:6 [ref. 22053]). Current status: Synonym of Plesiops Oken 1817. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Ruppelia Castelnau [F. L.] 1873:51 Fem. Ruppelia prolongata Castelnau 1873. Type by monotypy. See account of Bleeckeria Castelnau. Sometimes regarded as misspelled, emended to Ruppellia and therefore preoccupied by Ruppellia Swainson 1839 in Gobiidae; not replaced. Not to be corrected and not preoccupied by Rueppellia Swainson 1839, Kullander 2016:95 [ref. 34436]. •Synonym of Paraplesiops Bleeker 1875 -- (Hoese & Kuiter 1984:9 [ref. 5300]). Current status: Synonym of Paraplesiops Bleeker 1875. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Steeneichthys Allen [G. R.] & Randall [J. E.] 1985:186 Masc. Steeneichthys plesiopsus Allen & Randall 1985. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Steeneichthys Allen & Randall 1985 -- (Allen 1987 [ref. 13386], Paxton et al. 1989:526 [ref. 12442], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Mooi 1999:2581 [ref. 24831], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Hoese & Gates 2006:1056 [ref. 28997]). Current status: Valid as Steeneichthys Allen & Randall 1985. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.

Taumakoides (subgenus of Acanthoclinus) Whitley [G. P.] 1955:111 Masc. Acanthoclinus trilineatus Griffin 1933. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Taumakoides Whitley 1955 -- (Hardy 1985:364 [ref. 5184]). •Synonym of Acanthoclinus Jenyns 1841 -- (Smith-Vaniz & Johnson 1990:223 [ref. 16561]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthoclinus Jenyns 1841. Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae.

Trachinops Günther [A.] 1861:366 Masc. Trachinops taeniatus Günther 1861. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Trachinops Günther 1861 -- (Allen 1977 [ref. 98], Hoese & Kuiter 1984:8 [ref. 5300], Paxton et al. 1989:526 [ref. 12442], Mooi 1993:322 [ref. 21801], Gomon et al. 1994:556 [ref. 22532], Mooi & Gill 2004:181 [ref. 27890], Hoese & Gates 2006:1057 [ref. 28997], Mooi 2008:554 [ref. 30652]). Current status: Valid as Trachinops Günther 1861. Plesiopidae: Plesiopinae.