Miracle perch

Miracle perch
Bleeker's miracle perch ( Paraplesiops bleekeri )
Systematics
Acanthomorphata Spinefish (Acanthopterygii) Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae) Ovalentaria incertae sedis Family : Miracle perch
Scientific name
Plesiopidae
Günther , 1861

The family of miracle perches (Plesiopidae), also called round heads , belongs to the group of perch relatives and comprises eleven genera with over 50 species . All miracle perch come from the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific . The southernmost occurrence is on the coasts of Tasmania .

features

They are elongated fish with blunt rounded heads, large mouths and eyes. The different species are one to 30 cm long. Their lateral line organ is incomplete or interrupted, and their scales are large. The pelvic fins are drawn out long.

Way of life

Miracle perch are mainly crepuscular and hide in caves and crevices during the day. Only the genus Trachinops lives in open water. They predatorily live on small crustaceans and fish. They spawn in caves and do brood care. The common miracle perch ( Calloplesiops altivelis ) and two assessor species are caught for aquarium purposes and imported into wealthy countries.

Systematics

Miracle perch are closely related to the dwarf perch (Pseudochromidae), damselfish (Pomacentridae) and eel perch (Congrogadidae). There are two subfamilies, eleven genera and 50 species:

Plesiopinae

Blue Miracle Perch ( Assessor macneilli )

Common miracle perch
( Calloplesiops altivelis )

Blaupunkt miracle perch ( Paraplesiops meleagris )

Plesiops coeruleolineatus

Blaupunkt miracle perch ( Plesiopsis corallicola )

The Plesiopinae have scales on the top of the head and the gill covers.

• Fin formula : dorsal XI – XV / 6–21, anal III / 7–23, ventral I / 4

• Assessor Whitley, 1935
  • Yellow miracle perch ( Assessor flavissimus Allen & Kuiter, 1976 )
  • Blue miracle perch ( Assessor macneilli Whitley, 1935 )
  • Assessor randalli Allen & Kuiter, 1976
• Calloplesiops Fowler and Bean, 1930
  • Common miracle perch ( Calloplesiops altivelis ( Steindachner , 1903) )
  • Calloplesiops argus Fowler & Bean, 1930
• Fraudella Whitley, 1935
  • Fraudella carassiops Whitley, 1935 .
• Paraplesiops Bleeker, 1875
  • Alison's miracle perch ( Paraplesiops alisonae Hoese & Kuiter, 1984 )
  • Bleeker's miracle perch ( Paraplesiops bleekeri ( Günther , 1861) )
  • Blaupunkt miracle perch ( Paraplesiops meleagris ( Peters , 1869) )
  • Powers miracle perch ( Paraplesiops poweri Ogilby , 1908 )
  • Paraplesiops sinclairi Hutchins, 1987 .
• Plesiops Oken, 1817
  • Bluegill Miracle Perch ( Plesiops corallicola Bleeker , 1853 )
  • Plesiops facicavus Mooi, 1995 .
  • Plesiops genaricus Mooi & Randall, 1991 .
  • Plesiops gracilis Mooi & Randall, 1991 .
  • Plesiops insularis Mooi & Randall, 1991 .
  • Plesiops malalaxus Mooi, 1995 .
  • Plesiops multisquamata Inger, 1955 .
  • Plesiops mystaxus Mooi, 1995 .
  • Plesiops nakaharai Tanaka, 1917 .
  • Plesiops auritus Mooi, 1995 .
  • Plesiops cephalotaenia Inger, 1955 .
  • Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell , 1835 .
  • Black miracle perch ( Plesiops nigricans ) (Rüppell, 1828) .
  • Plesiops oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855 .
  • Plesiops polydactylus Mooi, 1995 .
  • Plesiops thysanopterus Mooi, 1995 .
  • Plesiops verecundus Mooi, 1995 .
• Steeneichthys Allen & Randall, 1985
  

  Trachinops taeniatus
  • Steeneichthys nativitatus Allen, 1997 .
  • Steeneichthys plesiopsus Allen & Randall, 1985 .
• Trachinops Günther, 1861
  • Trachinops brauni Allen, 1977 .
  • Trachinops caudimaculatus McCoy, 1890 .
  • Trachinops noarlungae Glover, 1974 .
  • Trachinops taeniatus Günther, 1861 .

Acanthoclininae

The Acanthoclininae, in German also called barbed perch , have scaly heads.

Fins formula : dorsal XVII – XXVI / 2–6, anal VII – XVI / 2–6, ventral I / 2

• Acanthoclinus Jenyns, 1841
  • Acanthoclinus fuscus Jenyns, 1842 .
  • Acanthoclinus littoreus ( Forster , 1801) .
  • Acanthoclinus marilynae (Hardy, 1985) .
  • Acanthoclinus matti (Hardy, 1985) .
  • Acanthoclinus rua (Hardy, 1985) .
• Acanthoplesiops Regan, 1912
  • Acanthoplesiops echinatus Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990 .
  • Acanthoplesiops hiatti Schultz, 1953 .
  • Acanthoplesiops indicus (Day, 1888) .
  • Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy, 1985 .
• Beliops Hardy, 1985
  • Beliops batanensis Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990 .
  • Beliops xanthokrossos Hardy, 1985 .
• Belonepterygion McCulloch, 1915
  • Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby, 1889) .
• Notograptus Günther, 1867
  • Notograptus gregoryi Whitley, 1941
  • Notograptus guttatus Günther, 1867

literature

• Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
• Kurt Fiedler: Textbook of Special Zoology, Volume II, Part 2: Fish . Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena, 1991, ISBN 3-334-00339-6
• Hans A. Baensch / Robert Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 1 , Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-020-1
• Ewald Lieske, Robert F. Myers: Coral fish of the world , year Top Special Verlag Hamburg, ISBN 3-86132-112-2
• Rudie H. Kuiter / Helmut Debelius : Atlas der Meeresfische , Kosmos-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-440-09562-2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ricardo Betancur-R, Edward O. Wiley, Gloria Arratia, Arturo Acero, Nicolas Bailly, Masaki Miya, Guillaume Lecointre and Guillermo Ortí: Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes . BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC series - July 2017, DOI: 10.1186 / s12862-017-0958-3

Web links

Commons : Miracle Perch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Miracle perch on Fishbase.org (English)