Family Aploactinidae - Velvetfishes
Order : Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Aploactinidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 17 | Species : 50 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Distribution: western Pacific and Indian Ocean, mostly in the Indonesian and Australian regions. Coastal. Body usually velvety due to modified, prickly scales. With knoblike spines on head. Unbranched fin rays. Anal fin spines usually not distinct or lacking. Dorsal fin origin above eye or almost so, except in the genera Adventor and Peristrominous. First 3-5 dorsal fin spines usually appear segregated, either elevated or largely without membrane connection with the rest of the spinous dorsal. The first 3 or 4 spines form a separate fin in four species. Pelvic fin 1 spine with less than 4 soft rays. Anterior isthmus with fleshy extension in most species. No palatine teeth. No gill slit behind the last arch. Vertebrae 24-33.
Etymology : Greek, haploos = single + Greek, aktis = thorn, ray ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild :
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Perciformes | Scorpaenoidei | | Aploactinidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Aploactinidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Aploactis aspera (Richardson, 1845)
acceptedseniornew
Synanceia aspera Richardson, 1845
synonymseniororiginal
Aploactisoma milesii (Richardson, 1850)
acceptedseniornew
Aploactis milesii Richardson, 1850
synonymseniororiginal
Aploactisoma schomburgki Castelnau, 1872
synonymjuniororiginal
Sthenopus mollis Richardson, 1848
acceptedseniororiginal
! Stenopus mollis Richardson, 1848
synonymseniororiginal
Cocotropus echinatus (Cantor, 1849)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Cocotropus dermacanthus (Bleeker, 1852)
acceptedseniornew
Apistus dermacanthus Bleeker, 1852
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
! Cocotropis roseus Day, 1875
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Cocotropus monacanthus (Gilchrist, 1906)
acceptedseniornew
Tetraroge monacanthus Gilchrist, 1906
synonymseniororiginal
Coccotropsis monacanthus (Gilchrist, 1906)
synonymseniornew
! Coccotropus monacanthus (Gilchrist, 1906)
synonymseniornew
Cocotropus masudai Matsubara, 1943
acceptedseniororiginal
Cocotropus steinitzi Eschmeyer & Dor, 1978
acceptedseniororiginal
! Cocotropus steinizi Eschmeyer & Dor, 1978
synonymseniororiginal
Cocotropus larvatus Poss & Allen, 1987
acceptedseniororiginal
Cocotropus keramaensis Imamura & Shinohara, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Cocotropus microps Johnson, 2004
acceptedseniororiginal
Cocotropus sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Cocotropus richeri Fricke, 2004
acceptedseniororiginal
Cocotropus roseomaculatus Imamura & Shinohara, 2004
acceptedseniororiginal
Cocotropus possi Imamura & Shinohara, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal
Cocotropus astakhovi Prokofiev, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraploactis sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Cocotropus eksae Prokofiev, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal
Cocotropus izuensis Imamura, Aizawa & Shinohara, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal
Cocotropus masudai (non Matsubara, 1943)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Cocotropus aurantius Matsunuma, Sado & Motomura, 2021
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Aploactis lichen De Vis, 1884
synonymjuniororiginal
Erosa australiensis Borodin, 1932
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Paraploactis obbesi (Weber, 1913)
acceptedseniornew
Coccotropus obbesi Weber, 1913
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Paraploactis intonsa Poss & Eschmeyer, 1978
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraploactis pulvinus Poss & Eschmeyer, 1978
acceptedseniororiginal
Erisphex pottii (Steindachner, 1896)
acceptedseniornew
Cocotropus pottii Steindachner, 1896
synonymseniororiginal
! Erisphex potti (Steindachner, 1896)
synonymseniornew
Eisphex achrurus Regan, 1905
synonymjuniororiginal
Erisphex philippinus (Fowler, 1938)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Erisphex aniarus (Thomson, 1967)
acceptedseniornew
Kanekonia aniara Thomson, 1967
synonymseniororiginal
Erisphex simplex Chen, 1981
acceptedseniororiginal
Kanekonia florida Tanaka, 1915
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Kanekonia pelta Poss, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
Kanekonia leichhardti Johnson, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Karumba ornatissimus (Whitley, 1933)
synonymseniornew
Acanthosphex leurynnis (Jordan & Seale, 1905)
acceptedseniornew
Prosopodasys leurynnis Jordan & Seale, 1905
synonymseniororiginal
Cocotropus dezwaani Weber & de Beaufort, 1915
synonymjuniororiginal
Ptarmus jubatus (Smith, 1935)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Ptarmus languidus Smith, 1947
synonymjuniororiginal
Ptarmus gallus (non Kossman & Rauber, 1877)
misappliedmisappliednew
Ptarmus gallus (Kossmann & Räuber, 1877)
acceptedseniornew
Tetraroge gallus Kossmann & Räuber, 1877
synonymseniororiginal
Adventor elongatus (Whitley, 1952)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Neoaploactis tridorsalis Eschmeyer & Allen, 1978
acceptedseniororiginal
Prosoproctus pataecus Poss & Eschmeyer, 1979
acceptedseniororiginal
Xenaploactis asperrima (Günther, 1860)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Xenaploactis anopta Poss & Eschmeyer, 1980
acceptedseniororiginal
Xenaploactis cautes Poss & Eschmeyer, 1980
acceptedseniororiginal
Matsubarichthys inusitatus Poss & Johnson, 1991
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
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