Chelidoperca Explained

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.

Species

There are 19 recognized species in this genus:

• 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) ^[1]
• 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) ^[2]
• 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) ^[1]
• Chelidoperca pleurospilus (Günther, 1880)
• Chelidoperca santosi J. T. Williams & K. E. Carpenter, 2015 (Pogi perchlet) ^[3]
• Chelidoperca stella Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016 ^[4]
• Chelidoperca tosaensis Matsunuma, Yamakawa & J.T. Williams, 2017 (Red-spot perchlet)

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 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 .
3. Williams JT, Carpenter KE . 2015 . A new fish species of the subfamily Serraninae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Philippines . Zootaxa . 3911 . 2 . 287–293 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.10 . 25661613 . free .
4. 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.