After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Plesiopidae (pyöröpäät)
   |--o Acanthoclininae (piikkirihmakalat) [N: 4/12] [FB: 4/10]
   |  |--o Acanthoclinus [Taumakoides] [5]
   |  |  |-- A. fuscus Jenyns, 1842
   |  |  |-- A. littoreus (Forster, 1801) (Rockfish)
   |  |  |-- A. marilynae (Hardy, 1985) (Stout rockfish)
   |  |  |-- A. matti (Hardy, 1985)
   |  |  `-- A. rua (Hardy, 1985) (Little rockfish)
   |  |--o Acanthoplesiops [3]
   |  |  |-- A. echinatus Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990
   |  |  |-- A. hiatti Schultz, 1953 (Hiatt's basslet)
   |  |  `-- A. indicus (Day, 1888) (Scottie)
   |  |-- Beliops xanthokrossos Hardy, 1985
   |  `-- Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby, 1889)
   `--o Plesiopinae (pyöröpäät) [N: 7/26] [FB: 7/32]
      |--o Trachiops [4]
      |  |-- T. brauni Allen, 1977
      |  |-- T. caudimaculatus McCoy, 1890
      |  |-- T. noarlungae Glover, 1974
      |  `-- T. taeniatus Günther, 1861 (Eastern hulafish)
      `--+--o Assessor [Assessorinae] [3]
         |  |-- A. flavissimus Allen & Kuiter, 1976 (Yellow devilfish)
         |  |-- A. macneilli Whitley, 1935 (Blue devilfish)
         |  `-- A. randalli Allen & Kuiter, 1976
         `--+--o Calloplesiops [2]
            |  |-- C. altivelis (Steindachner, 1903) (Comet)
            |  `-- C. argus Fowler & Bean, 1930
            |--o Steeneichthys [N: 2] [FB: 1]
            |  |-- S. sp.1
            |  `-- S. plesiopsus Allen & Randall, 1985
            `--+--o Paraplesiops [N: 5] [FB: 4]
               |  |-- P. sp.
               |  |-- P. alisonae Hoese & Kuiter, 1984
               |  |-- P. bleekeri (Günther, 1861) (Eastern blue devil)
               |  |-- P. meleagris (Peters, 1869) (Blue devil)
               |  `-- P. poweri Ogilby, 1908
               `--+-- Fraudella carassiops Whitley, 1935 [Fraudellinae]
                  `--o Plesiops [Plesiopinae] [N: 10] [FB: 17]
                     |-- P. auritus Mooi, 1995
                     |-- P. cephalotaenia Inger, 1955
                     |-- P. coeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835 (Crimsontip longfin)
                     |-- P. corallicola Bleeker, 1853 (Bluegill longfin)
                     |-- P. facicavus Mooi, 1995
                     |-- P. genaricus Mooi & Randall, 1991
                     |-- P. gracilis Mooi & Randall, 1991
                     |-- P. insularis Mooi & Randall, 1991
                     |-- P. malalaxus Mooi, 1995
                     |-- P. multisquamatus Inger, 1955 (Spotted longfin)
                     |-- P. mystaxus Mooi, 1995 (Moustache longfin)
                     |-- P. nakaharai Tanaka, 1917
                     |-- P. nigricans (Rüppell, 1828) (Whitespotted longfin)
                     |-- P. oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855
                     |-- P. polydactylus Mooi, 1995
                     |-- P. thysanopterus Mooi, 1995
                     `-- P. verecundus Mooi, 1995

Reference(s):

  • Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
    –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

    • Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
    in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
    –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

    Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
    –iNet: www.fishbase.org

    Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
    –Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
          Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
    –Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968

    Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
    –John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600