{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.587 - Chelidoperca hirundinacea (Valenciennes) - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpeg | image_caption = ''Chelidoperca hirundinacea'' | taxon = Chelidoperca | authority = Boulenger, 1895 | type_species = ''Centropristis hirundinaceus'' | type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1831<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record | genid = 4564 | title = ''Chelidoperca'' | access-date = 31 August 2020}}</ref> }}
'''''Chelidoperca''''', commonly known as '''perchlet''', is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae, which includes the groupers and anthias. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region.<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Chelidoperca | month = August| year = 2022}}</ref>
==Species== There are 21 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cof genus|genus=Chelidoperca|access-date=27 November 2025}}</ref> * ''Chelidoperca africana'' <small>Cadenat, 1960</small> (African perchlet) * ''Chelidoperca barazeri'' <small>S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma and Chen, 2019</small> (Barazer's perchlet) * ''Chelidoperca cerasina'' <small>Ogino, S.-H. Lee, Chen & Matsunuma, 2019</small> (Cherry perchlet) * ''Chelidoperca flavimacula'' <small>Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021</small> (Yellow-spotted perchlet) * ''Chelidoperca flavolineata'' <small>Matsunuma, Tan & Peristiwady, 2020</small> (Yellow-banded perchlet) * ''Chelidoperca formosa'' <small>Tang & Ho, 2021</small> (Taiwanese perchlet) * ''Chelidoperca hirundinacea'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1831)</small> * ''Chelidoperca investigatoris'' <small>(Alcock, 1890)</small> <ref name=Bineesh2014>{{cite journal|author=Bineesh, K.K.|author2= Akhilesh, K.V.|author3= Abdussamad, E.M.|author4= Pillai, N.G.K.|author5= Thiel, R.|author6= Jena, J.K. |author7= Gopalakrishnan, A. |year=2014 |url=http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJF/article/view/35442/19806 |title=Redescriptions of ''Chelidoperca investigatoris'' (Alcock, 1890) and ''Chelidoperca occipitalis'' Kotthaus, 1973 (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the south-west coast of India|journal=Indian Journal of Fisheries|volume= 61 |issue=4|pages= 117-122}}</ref> * ''Chelidoperca lecromi'' <small>Fourmanoir, 1982</small> * ''Chelidoperca leucostigmata'' <small>S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019</small> (White-spotted perchlet) * ''Chelidoperca maculicauda'' <small>Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2013</small> (Indian perchlet) <ref name=Bineesh2013>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bineesh KK, Akhilesh KV, Abdussamad EM, ((Pillai NGK)) | year = 2013 | title = ''Chelidoperca maculicauda'', a new species of perchlet (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Arabian Sea | journal = Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology | volume = 19 | issue = 2 | pages = 71–78 }}</ref> * ''Chelidoperca margaritifera'' <small>M. C. W. Weber, 1913</small> (Pearly perchlet) * ''Chelidoperca microdon'' <small>S.-H. Lee, M.-Y. Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019</small> (Small-toothed perchlet) * ''Chelidoperca myathantuni'' <small>Psomadakis, Gon & Htut, 2021</small> (Mya Than Tun’s perchlet) * ''Chelidoperca occipitalis'' <small>Kotthaus, 1973</small> (Arabian perchlet) <ref name=Bineesh2014/> * ''Chelidoperca pleurospilus'' <small>(Günther, 1880)</small> * ''Chelidoperca pollux'' <small>Matsunuma & Hoang, 2024</small> * ''Chelidoperca pulchella'' <small>Matsunuma, Tachihara, Hirasaka & Motomura, 2024</small> * ''Chelidoperca santosi'' <small>J. T. Williams & K. E. Carpenter, 2015</small> (Pogi perchlet) <ref name=Williams2015>{{cite journal |vauthors=Williams JT, Carpenter KE |year=2015 |title=A new fish species of the subfamily Serraninae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Philippines |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3911 |issue=2 |pages=287–293 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.10 |pmid=25661613 |doi-access=free |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt03911p293.pdf}}</ref> * ''Chelidoperca stella'' <small>Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016</small> <ref name=Matsunuma2016>{{cite journal |vauthors=Matsunuma M, Motomura H |date=2016 |title=''Chelidoperca stella'', a new species of perchlet (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4092 |issue=3 |pages=388–400}}</ref> * ''Chelidoperca tosaensis'' <small>Matsunuma, Yamakawa & J.T. Williams, 2017</small> (Red-spot perchlet)
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