Chelidoperca

Chelidoperca
Chelidoperca hirundinacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Genus: Chelidoperca
Boulenger, 1895
Type species
Centropristis hirundinaceus
Valenciennes, 1831[1]

Chelidoperca, commonly known as perchlet, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae, which includes the groupers and anthias. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region.[2]

Species

There are 21 recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

  1. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Chelidoperca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chelidoperca". FishBase. August 2022 version.
  3. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chelidoperca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b Bineesh, K.K.; Akhilesh, K.V.; Abdussamad, E.M.; Pillai, N.G.K.; Thiel, R.; Jena, J.K.; Gopalakrishnan, A. (2014). "Redescriptions of Chelidoperca investigatoris (Alcock, 1890) and Chelidoperca occipitalis Kotthaus, 1973 (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the south-west coast of India". Indian Journal of Fisheries. 61 (4): 117–122.
  5. ^ Bineesh KK, Akhilesh KV, Abdussamad EM, Pillai NGK (2013). "Chelidoperca maculicauda, a new species of perchlet (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Arabian Sea". Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 19 (2): 71–78.
  6. ^ Williams JT, Carpenter KE (2015). "A new fish species of the subfamily Serraninae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Philippines" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3911 (2): 287–293. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.10. PMID 25661613.
  7. ^ Matsunuma M, Motomura H (2016). "Chelidoperca stella, a new species of perchlet (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean". Zootaxa. 4092 (3): 388–400.