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 <small>Griffin, 1927</small> (New Zealand bigeye)
- Pempheris adusta <small>Bleeker, 1877</small> (Dusky sweeper)
- Pempheris affinis <small>McCulloch, 1911</small> (Black-tipped sweeper)
- Pempheris analis <small>Waite, 1910</small> (Bronze sweeper)
- Pempheris andilana <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris argyrea <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris bexillon <small>Mooi & J. E. Randall, 2014</small>
- Pempheris bineeshi <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris bruggemanni <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris compressa <small>(J. White, 1790)</small> (Small-scale sweeper, small-scale bullseye)
- Pempheris connelli <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris convexa <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2014</small>
- Pempheris cuprea <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2014</small>
- Pempheris darvelli <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2014</small>
- Pempheris eatoni <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2014</small>
- Pempheris ellipse <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris familia <small>Koeda & Motomura, 2017</small>
- Pempheris flavicycla <small>J. E. Randall, Satapoomin & Alpermann, 2013</small>
- P. f. flavicycla <small>J. E. Randall, Satapoomin & Alpermann, 2013</small> (Yellow-eye sweeper)
- P. f. marisrubri <small>J. E. Randall, Bogorodsky & Alpermann, 2013</small>
- Pempheris gasparinii <small>H. T. Pinheiro, Bernardi & L. A. Rocha, 2016</small> (Trindade sweeper)
- Pempheris hadra <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris heemstraorum <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris hollemani <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris ibo <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris japonica <small>Döderlein (), 1883</small>
- Pempheris klunzingeri <small>McCulloch, 1911</small> (Klunzinger's sweeper)
- Pempheris kruppi <small>J. E. Randall, Victor & Aideed, 2015</small>
- Pempheris kuriamuria <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris leiolepis <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris malabarica <small>G. Cuvier, 1831</small>
- Pempheris mangula <small>G. Cuvier, 1829</small> (Black-edged sweeper)
- Pempheris megalops <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris micromma <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris molucca <small>G. Cuvier, 1829</small>
- Pempheris multiradiata <small>Klunzinger, 1879</small> (Common sweeper)
- Pempheris muscat <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris nesogallica <small>G. Cuvier, 1831</small>
- Pempheris nyctereutes <small>D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1902</small>
- Pempheris orbis <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris ornata <small>Mooi & R. N. Jubb, 1996</small> (Orange-lined sweeper)
- Pempheris otaitensis <small>G. Cuvier, 1831</small>
- Pempheris oualensis <small>G. Cuvier, 1831</small> (Silver sweeper)
- Pempheris pathirana <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris peza <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris poeyi <small>T. H. Bean, 1885</small> (Curved sweeper)
- Pempheris rapa <small>Mooi, 1998</small>
- Pempheris rhomboidea <small>Kossman & Räuber, 1877</small> (Dusky sweeper)
- Pempheris rochai <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris rubricauda <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris russellii <small>F. Day, 1888</small>
- Pempheris sarayu <small>J. E. Randall & Bineesh, 2014</small>
- Pempheris schomburgkii <small>J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848</small> (Glassy sweeper)
- Pempheris schreineri <small>A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915</small>
- Pempheris schwenkii <small>Bleeker, 1855</small> (Black-stripe sweeper)
- Pempheris sergey <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris shimoni <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris shirleen <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris smithorum <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris tau <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris ternay <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>(seychelles sweeper)
- Pempheris tilman <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris tiran <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris tominagai <small>Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2014</small>
- Pempheris trinco <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris ufuagari <small>Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2013</small> (Crown sweeper)
- Pempheris vanicolensis <small>G. Cuvier, 1831</small> (Vanikoro sweeper)
- Pempheris viridis <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris wilsoni <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris xanthomma <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
- Pempheris xanthoptera <small>Tominaga, 1963</small>
- Pempheris ypsilychnus <small>Mooi & R. N. Jubb, 1996</small> (Ypsilon sweeper)
- Pempheris zajonzi <small>J. E. Randall & Victor, 2015</small>
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