{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Diplectrum formosum.jpg | image_caption = ''Diplectrum formosum'' | taxon = Diplectrum | authority = Holbrook, 1855 | type_species = ''Serranus fascicularis'' | type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1828<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record | genid = 2307 | title = ''Diplectrum'' | access-date = 1 September 2020}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Haliperca'' <small>Gill, 1862</small> *''Paraserranus'' <small>Bleeker 1874</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = CofF2>{{Cof family | family = Serraninae | access-date = 1 September 2020}}</ref> }} '''''Diplectrum''''', commonly known as '''sand perches''', 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.
== Distribution == There are 12 species distributed in the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.<ref name="Fishbase">{{FishBase genus | genus = Diplectrum | month = December | year = 2020}}</ref>
==Species== The following species are classified under the genus ''Diplectrum'':<ref name = Fishbase/>
* ''Diplectrum bivittatum'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (Dwarf sand perch) * ''Diplectrum conceptione'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (Yellowmouth sand-perch) * ''Diplectrum eumelum'' <small>Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974</small> (Orange-spotted sand perch) * ''Diplectrum euryplectrum'' <small>D.S. Jordan & Bollman, 1890</small> (Bighead sand perch) * ''Diplectrum formosum'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1766)</small> (Sand perch) * ''Diplectrum labarum'' <small>Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974</small> (Highfin sand perch) * ''Diplectrum macropoma'' <small>(Günther, 1864)</small> (Mexican sand perch) * ''Diplectrum maximum'' <small>Hildebrand, 1946</small> (Torpedo sand perch) * ''Diplectrum pacificum'' <small>Meek & Hildebrand, 1925</small> (Inshore sand perch) * ''Diplectrum radiale'' <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)</small> (Pond perch) * ''Diplectrum rostrum'' <small>Bortone, 1974</small> (Bridled sand perch) * ''Diplectrum sciurus'' <small>Gilbert, 1892</small> (Gulf squirrelfish)
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Category:Serraninae Category:Perciformes genera {{Serranidae-stub}}