Diplectrum
Genus of fishes
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Diplectrum, commonly known as sand perches, 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.
| Diplectrum | |
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| Diplectrum formosum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Genus: | Diplectrum Holbrook, 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Serranus fascicularis Valenciennes, 1828[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Distribution
There are 12 species distributed in the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[3]
Species
The following species are classified under the genus Diplectrum:[3]
- Diplectrum bivittatum (Valenciennes, 1828) (Dwarf sand perch)
- Diplectrum conceptione (Valenciennes, 1828) (Yellowmouth sand-perch)
- Diplectrum eumelum Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974 (Orange-spotted sand perch)
- Diplectrum euryplectrum D.S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890 (Bighead sand perch)
- Diplectrum formosum (Linnaeus, 1766) (Sand perch)
- Diplectrum labarum Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974 (Highfin sand perch)
- Diplectrum macropoma (Günther, 1864) (Mexican sand perch)
- Diplectrum maximum Hildebrand, 1946 (Torpedo sand perch)
- Diplectrum pacificum Meek & Hildebrand, 1925 (Inshore sand perch)
- Diplectrum radiale (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Pond perch)
- Diplectrum rostrum Bortone, 1974 (Bridled sand perch)
- Diplectrum sciurus Gilbert, 1892 (Gulf squirrelfish)
