Spinecheeks

These fishes belong in the "Order Perciformes" and "Suborder Percoidei" as members of the "Family Nemipteridae"(Spinecheeks) which include 5 genera and 64 species.

Those in the Genus Scolopsis have the most interest to hobbyists, as they fairly easy to maintain in closed systems. Some of these fishes are also called 'breams.'

Scolopsis

  • S. affinis
  • S. bilineata
  • S. ciliata
  • S. ghanam
  • S. lineata
  • S. margaritifer
  • S. monogramma
  • S. trilineata
  • S. xenochrous

    Pentapodus (Whiptails)

  • P. aureofasciatus
  • P. bifasciatus
  • P. caninus
  • P. emeryii
  • P. paradiseus
  • P. trivittatus

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