Trincomalee sweeper  (Pempheris pathirana)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->

  • Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
  • Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->

    • Perciformes - Perches->
    • Cypriniformes - Carps->
    • Esociformes - Pikes->
    • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
    • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
    • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
    • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
    • Gadiformes - Cods->
    • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
    • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
    • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
    • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
    • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
    • Carangiformes - Jacks->
    • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
    • Labriformes - Wrasses->
    • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
    • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
    • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
    • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
    • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
    • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
    • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
    • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
    • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
    • Characiformes - Characins->
    • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
    • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
    • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
    • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
    • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
    • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
    • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
    • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
    • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
    • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
    • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
    • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
    • Zeiformes - Dories->
    • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
    • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
    • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
    • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
    • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
    • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
    • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
    • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
    • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
    • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
    • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
    • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
    • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
    • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
    • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
    • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
    • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
    • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
    • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
    • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
    • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
    • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
    • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
    • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
    • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
    • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
    • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->

      • Lateolabracidae - Asian seabasses->
      • Synagropidae - Splitfin ocean-basses->
      • Polyprionidae - Wreckfishes->
      • Acropomatidae - Lanternbellies, temperate ocean-basses->
      • Banjosidae - Banjofishes->
      • Bathyclupeidae - Deepsea herring->
      • Champsodontidae - Crocodile toothfishes->
      • Creediidae - Sandburrowers->
      • Dinolestidae - Long-finned pike->
      • Epigonidae - Deepwater cardinalfishes->
      • Hemerocoetidae - Indo-Pacific duckbills->
      • Howellidae - Oceanic basslets->
      • Leptoscopidae - Southern sandfishes->
      • Malakichthyidae - Temperate ocean-basses->
      • Ostracoberycidae - Shellskin alfonsinos->
      • Pempheridae - Sweepers->

        • Parapriacanthus - Parapriacanthus->
        • Pempheris - Pempheris->

          • Pempheris adspersa (Pempheris adspersa)
          • Dusky sweeper (Pempheris adusta)
          • Black-tipped bullseye (Pempheris affinis)
          • Bronze sweeper (Pempheris analis)
          • Andilana sweeper (Pempheris andilana)
          • Seychelles silver sweeper (Pempheris argyrea)
          • Pempheris bexillon (Pempheris bexillon)
          • Tuticorn sweeper (Pempheris bineeshi)
          • Mascarene sweeper (Pempheris bruggemanni)
          • Smallscale bullseye (Pempheris compressa)
          • African sweeper (Pempheris connelli)
          • Convex sweeper (Pempheris convexa)
          • Mozambique sweeper (Pempheris cuprea)
          • Jissah sweeper (Pempheris darvelli)
          • Durban sweeper (Pempheris eatoni)
          • Elliptical sweeper (Pempheris ellipse)
          • Ogasawara sweeper (Pempheris familia)
          • Trindade sweeper (Pempheris gasparinii)
          • Maldives sweeper (Pempheris hadra)
          • Greater sweeper (Pempheris heemstraorum)
          • Madagascar sweeper (Pempheris hollemani)
          • Ibo sweeper (Pempheris ibo)
          • Pempheris japonica (Pempheris japonica)
          • Rough bullseye (Pempheris klunzingeri)
          • Aden sweeper (Pempheris kruppi)
          • Oman sweeper (Pempheris kuriamuria)
          • Smoothscale sweeper (Pempheris leiolepis)
          • Pempheris malabarica (Pempheris malabarica)
          • Indian sweeper (Pempheris mangula)
          • Bigeye sweeper (Pempheris megalops)
          • Smalleye sweeper (Pempheris micromma)
          • Moluccan bullseye (Pempheris molucca)
          • Bigscale bullseye (Pempheris multiradiata)
          • Muscat sweeper (Pempheris muscat)
          • Pempheris nesogallica (Pempheris nesogallica)
          • Pempheris nyctereutes (Pempheris nyctereutes)
          • Sinai sweeper (Pempheris orbis)
          • Orangelined bullseye (Pempheris ornata)
          • Pempheris otaitensis (Pempheris otaitensis)
          • Blackspot sweeper (Pempheris oualensis)
          • Trincomalee sweeper (Pempheris pathirana)
          • Blackfin sweeper (Pempheris peza)
          • Curved sweeper (Pempheris poeyi)
          • Pempheris rapa (Pempheris rapa)
          • Pempheris rhomboidea (Pempheris rhomboidea)
          • Rocha’s sweeper (Pempheris rochai)
          • Redtail sweeper (Pempheris rubricauda)
          • Pempheris sarayu (Pempheris sarayu)
          • Glassy sweeper (Pempheris schomburgkii)
          • Pempheris schreineri (Pempheris schreineri)
          • Silver sweeper (Pempheris schwenkii)
          • Yellow sweeper (Pempheris sergey)
          • Shimoni sweeper (Pempheris shimoni)
          • Hurghada sweeper (Pempheris shirleen)
          • Chumbe sweeper (Pempheris smithorum)
          • Tau sweeper (Pempheris tau)
          • Seychelles sweeper (Pempheris ternay)
          • Aqaba sweeper (Pempheris tilman)
          • Tiran sweeper (Pempheris tiran)
          • African silver sweeper (Pempheris tominagai)
          • Sri Lanka sweeper (Pempheris trinco)
          • Crown sweeper (Pempheris ufuagari)
          • Vanikoro sweeper (Pempheris vanicolensis)
          • Green sweeper (Pempheris viridis)
          • Fahal sweeper (Pempheris wilsoni)
          • Yemen sweeper (Pempheris xanthomma)
          • Pempheris xanthoptera (Pempheris xanthoptera)
          • Ypsilon bullseye (Pempheris ypsilychnus)
          • Socotra sweeper (Pempheris zajonzi)
      • Pentacerotidae - Armorheads->
      • Scombropidae - Gnomefishes->
      • Stereolepididae - Giant seabasses->
      • Symphysanodontidae - Slopefishes->
  • Cladistii - Bichirs->
  • Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
  • Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
  • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->