Acanthoplesiops naka Mooi & Gill, 2004
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The tongan spiny basslet (Acanthoplesiops naka) is a fish of the family Plesiopidae. It is only known from a single specimen of about 1 cm standard length collected from Ofolanga Island, Tonga, in 1993.
This is a generally brown fish with small blackish spots. The caudal peduncle and the tips of the fins are pale. It can be distinguished from congeners by the unique number (18) of dorsal fin spines.
Wikipedia contributors, Acanthoplesiops naka; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:56:09.848725+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Acanthoplesiops naka Mooi & Gill, 2004
- Name authority
- Mooi & Gill, 2004
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Plesiopidae
- Genus
- Acanthoplesiops
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyPlesiopidae Günther, 1861
- subfamilyAcanthoclininae Günther, 1861
- genusAcanthoplesiops Regan, 1912
- speciesAcanthoplesiops naka Mooi & Gill, 2004
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Acanthoplesiops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Acanthoplesiops echinatus Smith-Vaniz & Johnson, 1990 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthoplesiops cappuccino Gill, Bogorodsky & Mal, 2013 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| scottieAcanthoplesiops indicus (Day, 1888) | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy, 1985 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthoplesiops jessicae Allen, Erdmann & Brooks, 2020 | PlesiopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Mooi, R. D., & Gill, A. C. (2004). Description of a new species of the fish genus Acanthoplesiops Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae) from Tonga. Zootaxa 432:1-10. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.432.1.1 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8ZFY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.