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Diplectrum
Diplectrum, commonly known as sand perches, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae, which includes the groupers and anthias. There are 12 species distributed in the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Sand Perch
speciesDiplectrum formosum
Dwarf Sand Perch
speciesDiplectrum bivittatum
Inshore Sand Perch
speciesDiplectrum pacificum
Pond Perch
speciesDiplectrum radiale
Torpedo Sand Perch
speciesDiplectrum maximum
Squirrelfish
speciesDiplectrum conceptione
Diplectrum eumelum
speciesDiplectrum eumelum
Diplectrum rostrum
speciesDiplectrum rostrum
Diplectrum labarum
speciesDiplectrum labarum
Bighead Sand Perch
speciesDiplectrum euryplectrum
Diplectrum sciurus
speciesDiplectrum sciurus
Sand perch
speciesDiplectrum macropoma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49426.