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Longfin
| Longfin | |
|---|---|
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| Crimsontip longfin, (Plesiops coeruleolineatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Clade: | Ovalentaria |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Plesiopidae Günther, 1861[1] |
| Subfamilies | |
See text for genera. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acanthoclinidae | |
The longfins, also known as roundheads or spiny basslets, are a family, Plesiopidae, which were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now regarded as being incertae sedis in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Percomorpha.[2] They are elongated fishes, found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2017). "Plesiopidae Günther, 1861". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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