Beliops

Beliops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Family:Plesiopidae
Subfamily:Acanthoclininae
Genus:Beliops
Hardy, 1985
Type species
Beliops xanthokrossos
Hardy, 1985[1]

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

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Beliops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2018). Species of Beliops in FishBase. April 2018 version.
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