Chelidoperca

Chelidoperca
Chelidoperca hirundinacea
Scientific 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]

  • Chelidoperca africana Cadenat, 1960 (African perchlet)
  • Chelidoperca barazeri S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma and Chen, 2019 (Barazer's perchlet)
  • Chelidoperca cerasina Ogino, S.-H. Lee, Chen & Matsunuma, 2019 (Cherry perchlet)
  • Chelidoperca flavimacula Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021 (Yellow-spotted perchlet)
  • Chelidoperca flavolineata Matsunuma, Tan & Peristiwady, 2020 (Yellow-banded perchlet)
  • Chelidoperca formosa Tang & Ho, 2021 (Taiwanese perchlet)
  • Chelidoperca hirundinacea (Valenciennes, 1831)
  • Chelidoperca investigatoris (Alcock, 1890) [4]
  • Chelidoperca lecromi Fourmanoir, 1982
  • Chelidoperca leucostigmata S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019 (White-spotted perchlet)
  • Chelidoperca maculicauda Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2013 (Indian perchlet) [5]
  • Chelidoperca margaritifera M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Pearly perchlet)
  • Chelidoperca microdon S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019 (Small-toothed perchlet)
  • Chelidoperca myathantuni Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021 (Mya Than Tun’s perchlet)
  • Chelidoperca occipitalis Kotthaus, 1973 (Arabian perchlet) [4]
  • Chelidoperca pleurospilus (Günther, 1880)
  • Chelidoperca pollux Matsunuma & Hoang, 2024
  • Chelidoperca pulchella Matsunuma, Tachihara, Hirasaka & Motomura, 2024
  • Chelidoperca santosi J. T. Williams & K. E. Carpenter, 2015 (Pogi perchlet) [6]
  • Chelidoperca stella Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016 [7]
  • Chelidoperca tosaensis Matsunuma, Yamakawa & J.T. Williams, 2017 (Red-spot perchlet)

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.