Beliops

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei

Familia: Plesiopidae
Subfamilia: Acanthoclininae
Genus: Beliops
Species: B. batanensis – B. xanthokrossos
Name

Beliops Hardy, 1985
References

Beliops – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Beliops species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

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

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