Pempheris Explained
Pempheris is a genus of sweepers native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently more than 70 recognized species in this genus:
- Pempheris adspersa Griffin, 1927 (New Zealand bigeye)
- Pempheris adusta Bleeker, 1877 (Dusky sweeper)
- Pempheris affinis McCulloch, 1911 (Black-tipped sweeper)
- Pempheris analis Waite, 1910 (Bronze sweeper)
- Pempheris andilana J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris argyrea J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris bexillon Mooi & J. E. Randall, 2014[2]
- Pempheris bineeshi J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris bruggemanni J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris compressa (J. White, 1790) (Small-scale sweeper)
- Pempheris connelli J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris convexa J. E. Randall & Victor, 2014[3]
- Pempheris cuprea J. E. Randall & Victor, 2014[3]
- Pempheris darvelli J. E. Randall & Victor, 2014[3]
- Pempheris eatoni J. E. Randall & Victor, 2014[3]
- Pempheris ellipse J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris familia Koeda & Motomura, 2017
- Pempheris flavicycla J. E. Randall, Satapoomin & Alpermann, 2013[4]
- Pempheris gasparinii H. T. Pinheiro, Bernardi & L. A. Rocha, 2016 (Trindade sweeper)[5]
- Pempheris hadra J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris heemstraorum J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris hollemani J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris ibo J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris japonica Döderlein (de), 1883
- Pempheris klunzingeri McCulloch, 1911 (Klunzinger's sweeper)
- Pempheris kruppi J. E. Randall, Victor & Aideed, 2015[1]
- Pempheris kuriamuria J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris leiolepis J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris malabarica G. Cuvier, 1831
- Pempheris mangula G. Cuvier, 1829 (Black-edged sweeper)
- Pempheris megalops J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris micromma J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris molucca G. Cuvier, 1829
- Pempheris multiradiata Klunzinger, 1879 (Common sweeper)
- Pempheris muscat J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris nesogallica G. Cuvier, 1831[6]
- Pempheris nyctereutes D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902
- Pempheris orbis J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris ornata Mooi & R. N. Jubb, 1996 (Orange-lined sweeper)
- Pempheris otaitensis G. Cuvier, 1831
- Pempheris oualensis G. Cuvier, 1831 (Silver sweeper)
- Pempheris pathirana J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris peza J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris poeyi T. H. Bean, 1885 (Curved sweeper)
- Pempheris rapa Mooi, 1998
- Pempheris rhomboidea Kossman & Räuber, 1877 (Dusky sweeper)[6]
- Pempheris rochai J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris rubricauda J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris russellii F. Day, 1888[6]
- Pempheris sarayu J. E. Randall & Bineesh, 2014[7]
- Pempheris schomburgkii J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848 (Glassy sweeper)
- Pempheris schreineri A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915
- Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker, 1855 (Black-stripe sweeper)
- Pempheris sergey J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris shimoni J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris shirleen J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris smithorum J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris tau J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris ternay J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1] (seychelles sweeper)
- Pempheris tilman J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris tiran J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris tominagai Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2014[8]
- Pempheris trinco J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris ufuagari Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2013 (Crown sweeper)
- Pempheris vanicolensis G. Cuvier, 1831 (Vanikoro sweeper)
- Pempheris viridis J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris wilsoni J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris xanthomma J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
- Pempheris xanthoptera Tominaga, 1963
- Pempheris ypsilychnus Mooi & R. N. Jubb, 1996 (Ypsilon sweeper)
- Pempheris zajonzi J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015[1]
Notes and References
- 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 .
- Mooi, R.D. & Randall, J.E. (2014): Pempheris bexillon, a new species of sweeper (Teleostei: Pempheridae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3780 (2): 388–398.
- Randall, J.E. & Victor, B.C. (2014): Four new fishes of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae) from the western Indian Ocean. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 12: 61-83.
- Randall, J.E., Bogorodsky, S.V., Alpermann, T.J., Satapoomin, U., Mooi, R.D. & Mal, A.O. (2013): Pempheris flavicycla, a new pempherid fish from the Indian Ocean, previously identified as P. vanicolensis Cuvier. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 9: 1-23.
- 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.
- Randall, J.E., Victor, B.C., Alpermann, T.J., Bogorodsky, S.V., Mal, A.O., Satapoomin, U. & Bineesh, K.K. (2014): Rebuttal to Koeda et al. (2014) on the Red Sea fishes of the perciform genus Pempheris. Zootaxa, 3887 (3): 377–392.
- 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.
- 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.
