Poissons hachette

Pempheridae

Sweepers

Classification
Ostéichthyen Perciformes Pempheridae Parapriacanthus Pempheris
1 famille	2 genres	26 espèces

Classification

Ostéichthyen

Perciformes

Pempheridae

Parapriacanthus

Pempheris

1 famille

2 genres

26 espèces

Références web
fishbase aquaportail	en.wikipedia FAO

Description
all 3 tropical oceans deeply keeled, compressed body (sauf Parapriacanthus) big eyes lacking adipose lid mouth is subterminal and strongly oblique one dorsal fin short, with origin before middle of body nageoire anale longue et triangulaire scales along lateral line usually extending onto caudal fin long gill rakers swim bladder (sauf Pempheris poeyi) couleurs plutôt ternes schooling fish (parfois bancs dépassant largement la centaine d'individus) aggregate in caves or nooks by day disperse to forage on zooplankton at (night often sharing these hiding places with cardinalfishes and bigeyes assumed to be pelagic spawners nonguarders juvéniles transparents (hyalins)

Identification keys to sweepers

Etymologies		Source
Pempheridae	Greek, pempheris, -idos = a kind of fish	fishbase
Parapriacanthus	Greek, para = near + Greek, prion = saw + Greek, akantha = thorn	fishbase



Parapriacanthus ransonneti
fishbase / souslesmers / nomadica / fishesofaustralia / liboupat2 / reeflifesurvey	Synonymes Poisson-hachette nain / Golden sweeper / Glassfish / Golden bullseye	Steindachner, 1870 / NE / ITIS 645893

2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturlist)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturlist)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturlist)


2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturlist)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


Red Sea by Albert Kok (via Wikimedia Commons)	2015 Bali by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2013 Timor by Kevin Lino NOAA (via Wikimedia Commons)


2012 Raja Ampat by David R (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2015 Komodo by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2016 Aqaba (Jordania) ©Trevor Meyer (via fishbase)


Komodo ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)	Lizard Is (Au) ©Anne Hoggett (via fishesofaustralia)


2015 Similan by vranken martin (via fishbase)	Komodo ©Mark Rosenstein (via fishesofaustralia)	Ogasawara (Japan) by orangkucing (via fishesofaustralia)


2016 Raja Ampat by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)	By Haplochromis (via Wikimedia Commons)	2014 Barat (ID) by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)
Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea	Poisson de verre	tropical
ovoïde; semi-transparent ( réfléchit la lumière) teinté orange, tête jaunâtre avec l'abdomen argenté; gold and green colour of the iris and with horizontal blackish streak beginning dorsally on the opercle and disappearing below the posterior end of the dorsal fin
10-40m / 10-16cm		large groups
Parapriacanthus ransonneti

Pempheris adusta
fishbase / souslesmers / seafishes / thewebsiteofeverything / liboupat2 / en.wiki / fishesofaustralia	Synonymes Bronze sweeper / Dusky Sweeper	Bleeker, 1877 / NE / ITIS 645898

en bancs avec P.tominagai, 2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist)	avec Myripristis murdjan, 2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist)	2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist)


2019 Vietnam ©krkzv (via INaturalist)	2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Seychelles by Massimiliano Finzi (via Encyclopedia of Life)


2017 Giannis D (Egypt) by W.Strickling (via Wikimedia Commons)	2015 Gili Tepekong (Bali) by Lesley Clements (via Encyclopedia of Life)


2014 Réunion ©Jens Sommer-Knudsen (via INaturalist)	Sodwana Bay (SA) by Dennis Polack FishWise Professional (via fishesofaustralia)	2018 Puerto Galera (Ph) ©Mark Rosenstein (via INaturalist)
Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea	Balayeur sombre	sub-tropical
cuivre argenté; distinct blackish band on margin of the of anal fin, and blackish band on margin of the caudal fin
<20m / 17cm		common, forming aggregations in caves or crevices or under overhangs by day, sometimes forming small groups with Myripristis murdjan
Pempheris adusta

Pempheris oualensis
fishbase / souslesmers / fishesofaustralia	Synonymes Blackspot sweeper / Balayeur argenté / Oualan bullseye	Cuvier, 1831 / NE / ITIS 169473

2015 Aqaba (Jordan) by Edward Hurme (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2014 NSW (Au) by Ian Shaw (via Encyclopedia of Life)	NSW (Au) by Ian V Shaw (via fishesofaustralia)


2010 Réunion ©Philippe Bourjon (via Wikimedia Commons)	2019 Mariannes Is. ©Zack (via INaturalist)	2016 Phuket (Thailand) ©louislucier (via INaturalist)
Indo-Pacifiq & Red Sea	Poisson-hachette argenté	tropical
body copper-brown, plus foncé sur le dos et le long de l'anale, black spot at pectoral-fin base; anterior edge of dorsal fin blackish; basal part of anal fin dusky greyish; no black margin on anal and caudal fins
<36m / 22cm		quite common, by day forms aggregations in caves, nocturne
Pempheris oualensis

Pempheris tominagai
fishbase / fishesofaustralia / nomadica	Synonymes African silver sweeper / Tominaga's Sweeper	Koeda, Yoshino & Tachiharan 2014 / NE / ITIS

2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist)	2016 Oman ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	en bancs avec P.adusta, 2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist)


2000 Saudi Arabia ©Field, Richard (via fishbase)	Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) by Sergey V. Bogorodsky (via fishesofaustralia)
Indo-Pacifiq & Red	Poisson hachette de Tominaga	tropical
coppery with a broad dark brown band along the anal-fin base; dark border on the upper and lower margins of the caudal fin; no broad black posterior border;
<10m / 11.7cm		nocturne, le jour en groupe, près des surplombs, des grottes, ou d’anfractuosités
Pempheris tominagai

Pempheris vanicolensis
fishbase / souslesmers / nomadica / en.wikipedia / reeflifesurvey	Synonymes Vanikoro sweeper	Cuvier, 1831 / NE / ITIS 169481

2012 Wreck Abu Ghouson (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2012 Wreck Abu Ghouson (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2012 Wreck Abu Ghouson (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2018 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Rickard Zerpe (via Wikimedia Commons)	2019 Raja Ampat by Rickard Zerpe (via Wikimedia Commons)	2018 Indonesia by Rickard Zerpe (via Wikimedia Commons)


2008 Marsa Alam (Egypt) by Ricardo Martínez Ibáñez [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 Iran ©Ramin Ketabi (via fishbase)


2009 Bunaken (Sulawesi) by Bernard DUPONT (via Wikimedia Commons)	2011 Karpathos (Greece) by Roberto pillon (via fishbase)	2015 Barat (ID) by Mark Rosenstein (via Encyclopedia of Life)


1998 Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) ©Field, Richard (via fishbase)	2008 Sulawesi by Jim Greenfield (via fishbase)


2015 Similan (Thailand) by vranken martin (via fishbase)	2011 Karpathos (Greece) by Roberto pillon (via fishbase)	Oman ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)
Indo-W Pacifiq & Red sea Méditerranée E (lessepsian)	Poisson-hachette à bordures noires	tropical
greenish sheen over the back and most of the head; anal fin with an obvious black margin; tip of the dorsal fin black; pectoral fins yellow lacking any black markings
<25m / 20 cm		large schools in caves or shadows
Pempheris vanicolensis

MàJ 15/03/2023