Plectorhinchinae

Plectorhinchinae
Lesson's thicklip (Plectorhinchus lessonii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Haemulidae
Subfamily: Plectorhinchinae
Jordan & Thompson, 1912
Genera

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Plectorhinchinae, is one of two subfamilies of the family Haemulidae, some known colloquially as sweetlips. This subfamily is regarded as having an Old World origin.

Sweetlips are recognizable by their prominent, fleshy lips, which have been described as "pouty". Their common name is derived from this characteristic. Sweetlips are a type of Actinopterygii, or Ray-Finned Fish, found in the Indo-West Pacific region, specifically in areas from East Africa to Polynesia.

As sweetlips age from juveniles into adults, most species undergo a striking change in coloration. Identifying species based on their scale patterns can be difficult because the patterns vary considerably between species.

Genera

The following genera are included in the Plectorhinchinae:

Some authorities place the genus Genyatremus within the Haemulinae, although both Fishbase and Catalog of Fishes put this genus in the subfamily Plectorhinchinae.

References

  1. ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. ↑ José Julián Tavera; P. Arturo Acero; Eduardo F Balart; Giacomo Bernardi (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of grunts (Teleostei, Haemulidae), with an emphasis on the ecology, evolution, and speciation history of New World species". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12 (57): 57. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-57. PMC 3472276. PMID 22537107.
  3. ↑ Nicolas Bailly (2017). "Plectorhinchinae Jordan & Thompson, 1912". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Haemulidae". FishBase. February 2021 version.
  5. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Haemulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Paolo Parenti (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Haemulidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Iranian Journal of Ichthyology. 6 (3): 150–196.