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 21 recognized species in this genus:
- Chelidoperca africana <small>Cadenat, 1960</small> (African perchlet)
- Chelidoperca barazeri <small>S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma and Chen, 2019</small> (Barazer's perchlet)
- Chelidoperca cerasina <small>Ogino, S.-H. Lee, Chen & Matsunuma, 2019</small> (Cherry perchlet)
- Chelidoperca flavimacula <small>Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021</small> (Yellow-spotted perchlet)
- Chelidoperca flavolineata <small>Matsunuma, Tan & Peristiwady, 2020</small> (Yellow-banded perchlet)
- Chelidoperca formosa <small>Tang & Ho, 2021</small> (Taiwanese perchlet)
- Chelidoperca hirundinacea <small>(Valenciennes, 1831)</small>
- Chelidoperca investigatoris <small>(Alcock, 1890)</small>
- Chelidoperca lecromi <small>Fourmanoir, 1982</small>
- Chelidoperca leucostigmata <small>S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019</small> (White-spotted perchlet)
- Chelidoperca maculicauda <small>Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2013</small> (Indian perchlet)
- Chelidoperca margaritifera <small>M. C. W. Weber, 1913</small> (Pearly perchlet)
- Chelidoperca microdon <small>S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019</small> (Small-toothed perchlet)
- Chelidoperca myathantuni <small>Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021</small> (Mya Than TunâÂÂs perchlet)
- Chelidoperca occipitalis <small>Kotthaus, 1973</small> (Arabian perchlet)
- Chelidoperca pleurospilus <small>(Günther, 1880)</small>
- Chelidoperca pollux <small>Matsunuma & Hoang, 2024</small>
- Chelidoperca pulchella <small>Matsunuma, Tachihara, Hirasaka & Motomura, 2024</small>
- Chelidoperca santosi <small>J. T. Williams & K. E. Carpenter, 2015</small> (Pogi perchlet)
- Chelidoperca stella <small>Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016</small>
- Chelidoperca tosaensis <small>Matsunuma, Yamakawa & J.T. Williams, 2017</small> (Red-spot perchlet)
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