Pempheris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pempheriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Pempheriformes

Familia: Pempheridae
Genus: Pempheris
Species (62): P. adspersa – P. adusta – P. affinis – P. analis – P. andilana – P. argyrea – P. bexillon – P. bineeshi – P. bruggemanni – P. compressa – P. connelli – P. ellipse – P. flavicycla – P. gasparinii – P. hadra – P. heemstraorum – P. hollemani – P. ibo – P. japonica – P. klunzingeri – P. kruppi – P. kuriamuria – P. leiolepis – P. mangula – P. megalops – P. micromma – P. molucca – P. multiradiata – P. muscat – P. nesogallica – P. nyctereutes – P. orbis – P. ornata – P. otaitensis – P. oualensis – P. pathirana – P. peza – P. poeyi – P. rapa – P. rochai – P. rubricauda – P. sarayu – P. schomburgkii – P. schreineri – P. schwenkii – P. sergey – P. shimoni – P. shirleen – P. smithorum – P. tau – P. ternay – P. tilman – P. tiran – P. tominagai – P. trinco – P. ufuagari – P. vanicolensis – P. viridis – P. wilsoni – P. xanthomma – P. xanthoptera – P. ypsilychnus – P. zajonzi

Name

Pempheris Cuvier, 1829

Type species: Pempheris touea Cuvier, 1829 [=Pempheris compressa (White, 1790)]

Synonyms

Catalufa Snyder, 1911
Liopempheris Ogilby, 1913
Priacanthopsis (subgenus of Pempheris) Fowler, 1906

References

Cuvier, G.; 1829: Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition 2. 2: i-xv + 1-406.

Koeda, K. & Bessho-Uehara, M. 2024. A review of the genus Pempheris (Teleostei, Pempheridae) found in Japan and Taiwan. Pp 123–163 In Ho, H-C. (ed.). Biodiversity and taxonomy of fishes in Taiwan and adjacent waters. ZooKeys 1220: 1–242. Reference page. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1220.126762 Reference page.
Koeda, K.; Yoshino, T.; Tachihara, K. 2013: Pempheris ufuagari sp. nov., a new species in the genus Pempheris (Perciformes, Pempheridae) from the oceanic islands of Japan. Zootaxa 3609(2): 231–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.2.9 Reference page.
Koeda, K., Yoshino, T., Imai, H. & Tachihara, K. 2014. A review of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes, Pempheridae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3793(3): 301–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.3.1 Reference page.
Pinheiro, H.T., Bernardi, G. & Rocha, L.A. 2016. Pempheris gasparinii, a new species of sweeper fish from Trindade Island, southwestern Atlantic (Teleostei, Pempheridae). ZooKeys 561: 105–115. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.561.7263.Reference page.
Randall, J.E.; Bineesh, K.K. 2014: Review of the fishes of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae) of India, with description of a new species and a neotype for P. mangula Cuvier. Journal of the ocean science foundation 10: 20-40. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.
Randall, J.E.; Victor, B.C. 2015: Descriptions of thirty-four new species of the fish genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae), with a key to the species of the western Indian Ocean. Journal of the ocean science foundation 18: 1-77. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.
Randall, J.E. et al. 2014: Rebuttal to Koeda et al. (2014) on the Red Sea fishes of the perciform genus Pempheris. Zootaxa 3887(3): 377–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.5 Reference page.

Links

Pempheris and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Pempheris – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Pempheris species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Sweepers, Bullseyes