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Beliops

Beliops is a genus of ray-finned fish from the longfin family Plesiopidae. They are found in the western Pacific Ocean in Australia and the Philippines.

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Beliops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Plesiopidae
Subfamily: Acanthoclininae
Genus: Beliops
Hardy, 1985
Type species
Beliops xanthokrossos
Hardy, 19851

Beliops is a genus of ray-finned fish from the longfin family Plesiopidae. They are found in the western Pacific Ocean in Australia and the Philippines.

Species

There are currently two recognised species:2

  • Beliops batanensis Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990 (Batan longfin)
  • Beliops xanthokrossos Hardy, 1985 (Southern longfin)
References

References

  1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Beliops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Beliops". FishBase. June 2018 version.