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Family: Pempheridae Sweepers



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Parapriacanthus argenteus Yellowhead sweeper Western Indian Ocean 6.6 SL 1923
Parapriacanthus darros D’Arros sweeper Western Indian Ocean 5.0 SL 2016
Parapriacanthus dispar Deep bullseye Western Central Pacific. 16 TL 1935
Parapriacanthus elongatus Elongate bullseye Indo-West Pacific 14 TL 1911
Parapriacanthus guentheri Egyptian sweeper Western Indian Ocean 5.6 SL 1871
Parapriacanthus kwazulu Kwazulu sweeper Western Indian Ocean 4.2 SL 2016
Parapriacanthus marei Redfin sweeper Western Central Pacific. 10 TL 1971
Parapriacanthus punctulatus Dotted sweeper Western Indian Ocean 6.7 SL 2016
Parapriacanthus rahah Rahah sweeper Western Indian Ocean 5.4 SL 2016
Parapriacanthus ransonneti Golden sweeper Western Pacific. 12.1 TL 1870
Parapriacanthus sharm Sharm sweeper Western Indian Ocean 6.2 SL 2016
Pempheris adspersa Southwest Pacific 15.8 SL 1927
Pempheris adusta Dusky sweeper Indo-Pacific 17 TL 1877
Pempheris affinis Black-tipped bullseye Eastern Indian Ocean 15 TL 1911
Pempheris analis Bronze sweeper Southwest Pacific 20 TL 1910
Pempheris andilana Andilana sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11 SL 2015
Pempheris argyrea Seychelles silver sweeper Westen Indian Ocean 10.2 SL 2015
Pempheris bexillon Yellowfin sweeper Western Indian Ocean 13.7 SL 2014
Pempheris bineeshi Tuticorn sweeper Western Indian Ocean 10.8 SL 2015
Pempheris bruggemanni Mascarene sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11.8 SL 2015
Pempheris compressa Smallscale bullseye Southwest Pacific 20 TL 1790
Pempheris connelli African sweeper Western Indian Ocean 12.7 SL 2015
Pempheris convexa Convex sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11.8 SL 2014
Pempheris cuprea Mozambique sweeper Western Indian Ocean 13.6 SL 2014
Pempheris darvelli Jissah sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11.7 SL 2014
Pempheris eatoni Durban sweeper Western Indian Ocean 14 SL 2014
Pempheris ellipse Elliptical sweeper Western Indian Ocean 9.3 SL 2015
Pempheris familia Ogasawara sweeper Northwest Pacific 15.3 SL 2017
Pempheris gasparinii Trindade sweeper Southwest Atlantic 6.8 SL 2016
Pempheris hadra Maldives sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11.8 SL 2015
Pempheris heemstraorum Greater sweeper Western Indian Ocean 12.7 SL 2015
Pempheris hollemani Madagascar sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11.8 SL 2015
Pempheris ibo Ibo sweeper Western Indian Ocean 10 SL 2015
Pempheris japonica Western Pacific 18 TL 1883
Pempheris klunzingeri Rough bullseye Eastern Indian Ocean 18 TL 1911
Pempheris kruppi Aden sweeper Western Indian Ocean 12.4 SL 2015
Pempheris kuriamuria Oman sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11.3 2015
Pempheris leiolepis Smoothscale sweeper Western Indian Ocean 10 SL 2015
Pempheris malabarica Indo-West Pacific 14.7 SL 1831
Pempheris mangula Indian sweeper Indian Ocean 16 TL 1829
Pempheris megalops Bigeye sweeper Western Indian Ocean 12.1 SL 2015
Pempheris micromma Smalleye sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11.7 SL 2015
Pempheris molucca Indo-West Pacific 15 NG 1829
Pempheris multiradiata Bigscale bullseye Indo-West Pacific 28 TL 1879
Pempheris muscat Muscat sweeper Western Indian Ocean 13.2 SL 2015
Pempheris nesogallica Western Indian Ocean 13.9 SL 1831
Pempheris nyctereutes Northwest Pacific 18 SL 1902
Pempheris orbis Sinai sweeper Western Indian Ocean 8.5 SL 2015
Pempheris ornata Orangelined bullseye Eastern Indian Ocean 7.5 SL 1996
Pempheris otaitensis Indo-Pacific. 13.1 SL 1831
Pempheris oualensis Blackspot sweeper Indo-Pacific 22 TL 1831
Pempheris pathirana Trincomalee sweeper Western Indian Ocean 14 SL 2015
Pempheris peza Blackfin sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11.4 SL 2015
Pempheris poeyi Curved sweeper Western Atlantic 15 TL 1885
Pempheris rapa Eastern Central Pacific 13.5 SL 1998
Pempheris rhomboidea Western Indian Ocean 13.2 SL 1877
Pempheris rochai Rocha's sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11.7 SL 2015
Pempheris rubricauda Redtail sweeper Western Indian Ocean 7.7 SL 2015
Pempheris sarayu Indian Ocean 13 SL 2014
Pempheris schomburgkii Glassy sweeper Western Atlantic 15 TL 1848
Pempheris schreineri Southwest Atlantic 1915
Pempheris schwenkii Silver sweeper Pacific Ocean. Allopatri 15 TL 1855
Pempheris sergey Yellow sweeper Western Indian Ocean 10.4 SL 2015
Pempheris shimoni Shimoni sweeper Western Indian Ocean 13.3 SL 2015
Pempheris shirleen Hurghada sweeper Western Indian Ocean 10.5 SL 2015
Pempheris smithorum Chumbe sweeper Western Indian Ocean 13.9 SL 2015
Pempheris tau Tau sweeper Western Indian Ocean 11.7 SL 2015
Pempheris ternay Seychelles sweeper Western Indian Ocean 9.1 SL 2015
Pempheris tilman Aqaba sweeper Western Indian Ocean 9.7 SL 2015
Pempheris tiran Tiran sweeper Western Indian Ocean 12.2 SL 2015
Pempheris tominagai African silver sweeper Indian Ocean 11.7 SL 2014
Pempheris trinco Sri Lanka sweeper Eastern Indian Ocean 10.7 SL 2015
Pempheris ufuagari Crown sweeper Northwest Pacific 19.7 SL 2013
Pempheris vanicolensis Vanikoro sweeper Indo-West Pacific 20 TL 1831
Pempheris viridis Green sweeper Western Indian Ocean 8.0 SL 2015
Pempheris wilsoni Fahal sweeper Western Indian Ocean 12.3 SL 2015
Pempheris xanthomma Yemen sweeper Western Indian Ocean 10 SL 2015
Pempheris xanthoptera Northwest Pacific 15 TL 1963
Pempheris ypsilychnus Ypsilon bullseye Indo-West Pacific 12.1 SL 1996
Pempheris zajonzi Socotra sweeper Western Indian Ocean 8.9 SL 2015



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