Plectrypops
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Plectrypops is a genus of soldierfish containing two extant species, with one species in the Indo-Pacific
, and another in the western Atlantic
and the Caribbean
. They are red and reach a length of approximately 15 cm (6 in). Members of this genus are also known from fossil
remains.
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...
, and another in the western Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
and the Caribbean
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
. They are red and reach a length of approximately 15 cm (6 in). Members of this genus are also known from fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
remains.
Species
- Plectrypops lima, Shy soldier, (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831).
- Plectrypops retrospinis, Cardinal soldierfish, (Guichenot, 1853).
See also
- Prehistoric fishPrehistoric fishPrehistoric fish refers to early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Tertiary. The study of prehistoric fish is called paleoichthyology...
- List of prehistoric bony fish