Pempheridae

Sweepers

80 species

1. 1Parapriacanthus argenteus (von Bonde, 1923) · Yellowhead sweeperocean · tropical · reef
2. 2Parapriacanthus darros Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 · D'Arros sweeperocean · tropical · reef
3. 3Parapriacanthus dispar (Herre, 1935) · Deep bullseyeocean · tropical · reef
4. 4Parapriacanthus elongatus (McCulloch, 1911) · Elongate bullseyeocean · temperate
5. 5Parapriacanthus guentheri (Klunzinger, 1871) · Egyptian sweeperocean · tropical · reef
6. 6Parapriacanthus kwazulu Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 · Kwazulu sweeperocean · tropical · reef
7. 7Parapriacanthus marei Fourmanoir, 1971 · Redfin sweeperocean · tropical · reef
8. 8Parapriacanthus punctulatus Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 · Dotted sweeperocean · tropical · reef
9. 9Parapriacanthus rahah Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 · Rahah sweeperocean · tropical · reef
10. 10Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 · Golden sweeperocean · tropical · reef
11. 11Parapriacanthus sharm Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 · Sharm sweeperocean · tropical · reef
12. 12Pempheris adspersa Griffin, 1927ocean · temperate · reef
13. 13Pempheris adusta Bleeker, 1877 · Dusky sweeperocean · subtropical · reef
14. 14Pempheris affinis McCulloch, 1911 · Black-tipped bullseyeocean · temperate
15. 15Pempheris analis Waite, 1910 · Bronze sweeperocean · temperate · reef
16. 16Pempheris andilana Randall & Victor, 2015 · Andilana sweeperocean · tropical
17. 17Pempheris argyrea Randall & Victor, 2015 · Seychelles silver sweeperocean · tropical
18. 18Pempheris bexillon Mooi & Randall, 2014 · Yellowfin sweeperocean · tropical
19. 19Pempheris bineeshi Randall & Victor, 2015 · Tuticorn sweeperocean · tropical
20. 20Pempheris bruggemanni Randall & Victor, 2015 · Mascarene sweeperocean · tropical
21. 21Pempheris compressa (White, 1790) · Smallscale bullseyeocean · temperate · reef
22. 22Pempheris connelli Randall & Victor, 2015 · African sweeperocean · tropical · reef
23. 23Pempheris convexa Randall & Victor, 2014 · Convex sweeperocean · tropical · reef
24. 24Pempheris cuprea Randall & Victor, 2014 · Mozambique sweeperocean · tropical · reef
25. 25Pempheris darvelli Randall & Victor, 2014 · Jissah sweeperocean · tropical · reef
26. 26Pempheris eatoni Randall & Victor, 2014 · Durban sweeperocean · tropical · reef
27. 27Pempheris ellipse Randall & Victor, 2015 · Elliptical sweeperocean · tropical
28. 28Pempheris familia Koeda & Motomura, 2017 · Ogasawara sweeperocean · subtropical
29. 29Pempheris gasparinii Pinheiro, Bernardi & Rocha, 2016 · Trindade sweeperocean · tropical · reef
30. 30Pempheris hadra Randall & Victor, 2015 · Maldives sweeperocean · tropical
31. 31Pempheris heemstraorum Randall & Victor, 2015 · Greater sweeperocean · tropical · reef
32. 32Pempheris hollemani Randall & Victor, 2015 · Madagascar sweeperocean · tropical
33. 33Pempheris ibo Randall & Victor, 2015 · Ibo sweeperocean · tropical
34. 34Pempheris japonica Döderlein, 1883ocean · tropical
35. 35Pempheris klunzingeri McCulloch, 1911 · Rough bullseyeocean · subtropical
36. 36Pempheris kruppi Randall, Victor & Aideed, 2015 · Aden sweeperocean · tropical · reef
37. 37Pempheris kuriamuria Randall & Victor, 2015 · Oman sweeperocean · tropical
38. 38Pempheris leiolepis Randall & Victor, 2015 · Smoothscale sweeperocean · tropical · reef
39. 39Pempheris malabarica Cuvier, 1831ocean · tropical
40. 40Pempheris mangula Cuvier, 1829 · Indian sweeperocean · tropical
41. 41Pempheris megalops Randall & Victor, 2015 · Bigeye sweeperocean · tropical · reef
42. 42Pempheris micromma Randall & Victor, 2015 · Smalleye sweeperocean · tropical
43. 43Pempheris molucca Cuvier, 1829brackish · ocean · tropical · reef
44. 44Pempheris multiradiata Klunzinger, 1879 · Bigscale bullseyeocean · temperate
45. 45Pempheris muscat Randall & Victor, 2015 · Muscat sweeperocean · tropical
46. 46Pempheris nesogallica Cuvier, 1831ocean · tropical
47. 47Pempheris nyctereutes Jordan & Evermann, 1902ocean · temperate
48. 48Pempheris orbis Randall & Victor, 2015 · Sinai sweeperocean · tropical
49. 49Pempheris ornata Mooi & Jubb, 1996 · Orangelined bullseyeocean · subtropical
50. 50Pempheris otaitensis Cuvier, 1831ocean · tropical · reef
51. 51Pempheris oualensis Cuvier, 1831 · Blackspot sweeperocean · tropical · reef
52. 52Pempheris pathirana Randall & Victor, 2015 · Trincomalee sweeperocean · tropical · reef
53. 53Pempheris peza Randall & Victor, 2015 · Blackfin sweeperocean · tropical
54. 54Pempheris poeyi Bean, 1885 · Curved sweeperocean · tropical · reef
55. 55Pempheris rapa Mooi, 1998ocean · tropical · reef
56. 56Pempheris rhomboidea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877ocean · tropical
57. 57Pempheris rochai Randall & Victor, 2015 · Rocha's sweeperocean · tropical
58. 58Pempheris rubricauda Randall & Victor, 2015 · Redtail sweeperocean · tropical
59. 59Pempheris sarayu Randall & Bineesh, 2014ocean · tropical
60. 60Pempheris schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1848 · Glassy sweeperocean · tropical · reef
61. 61Pempheris schreineri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915ocean · tropical
62. 62Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker, 1855 · Silver sweeperocean · tropical · reef
63. 63Pempheris sergey Randall & Victor, 2015 · Yellow sweeperocean · tropical · reef
64. 64Pempheris shimoni Randall & Victor, 2015 · Shimoni sweeperocean · tropical · reef
65. 65Pempheris shirleen Randall & Victor, 2015 · Hurghada sweeperocean · tropical · reef
66. 66Pempheris smithorum Randall & Victor, 2015 · Chumbe sweeperocean · tropical
67. 67Pempheris tau Randall & Victor, 2015 · Tau sweeperocean · tropical
68. 68Pempheris ternay Randall & Victor, 2015 · Seychelles sweeperocean · tropical · reef
69. 69Pempheris tilman Randall & Victor, 2015 · Aqaba sweeperocean · tropical
70. 70Pempheris tiran Randall & Victor, 2015 · Tiran sweeperocean · tropical · reef
71. 71Pempheris tominagai Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2014 · African silver sweeperocean · subtropical
72. 72Pempheris trinco Randall & Victor, 2015 · Sri Lanka sweeperocean · tropical · reef
73. 73Pempheris ufuagari Koeda, Yoshino & Tachihara, 2013 · Crown sweeperocean · temperate
74. 74Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier, 1831 · Vanikoro sweeperocean · tropical · reef
75. 75Pempheris viridis Randall & Victor, 2015 · Green sweeperocean · tropical · reef
76. 76Pempheris wilsoni Randall & Victor, 2015 · Fahal sweeperocean · tropical · reef
77. 77Pempheris xanthomma Randall & Victor, 2015 · Yemen sweeperocean · tropical · reef
78. 78Pempheris xanthoptera Tominaga, 1963ocean · temperate
79. 79Pempheris ypsilychnus Mooi & Jubb, 1996 · Ypsilon bullseyeocean · tropical
80. 80Pempheris zajonzi Randall & Victor, 2015 · Socotra sweeperocean · tropical · reef

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.