# Diplectrum

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Diplectrum formosum.jpg
| image_caption = ''Diplectrum formosum''
| taxon = Diplectrum
| authority = [Holbrook](/source/John_Edwards_Holbrook), 1855
| type_species = ''[Serranus fascicularis](/source/Diplectrum_formosum)''
| type_species_authority = [Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1828<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record | genid = 2307 | title = ''Diplectrum'' | access-date = 1 September 2020}}</ref>
| synonyms = *''Haliperca'' <small>[Gill](/source/Theodore_Nicholas_Gill), 1862</small>
*''Paraserranus'' <small>[Bleeker](/source/Pieter_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 fish](/source/ray-finned_fish)es which is a member of the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Serraninae](/source/Serraninae) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Serranidae](/source/Serranidae), which includes the [groupers](/source/groupers) and [anthias](/source/Anthiinae). 

== 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](/source/Diplectrum_bivittatum)'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (Dwarf sand perch)
* ''[Diplectrum conceptione](/source/Diplectrum_conceptione)'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (Yellowmouth sand-perch)
* ''[Diplectrum eumelum](/source/Diplectrum_eumelum)'' <small>[Rosenblatt](/source/Richard_Heinrich_Rosenblatt) & [Johnson](/source/G._David_Johnson), 1974</small> (Orange-spotted sand perch)
* ''[Diplectrum euryplectrum](/source/Diplectrum_euryplectrum)'' <small>[D.S. Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Bollman](/source/Charles_Harvey_Bollman), 1890</small> (Bighead sand perch)
* ''[Diplectrum formosum](/source/Diplectrum_formosum)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carolus_Linnaeus), 1766)</small> (Sand perch)
* ''[Diplectrum labarum](/source/Diplectrum_labarum)'' <small>Rosenblatt & Johnson, 1974</small> (Highfin sand perch)
* ''[Diplectrum macropoma](/source/Diplectrum_macropoma)'' <small>([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1864)</small> (Mexican sand perch)
* ''[Diplectrum maximum](/source/Diplectrum_maximum)'' <small>[Hildebrand](/source/Samuel_F._Hildebrand), 1946</small> (Torpedo sand perch)
* ''[Diplectrum pacificum](/source/Diplectrum_pacificum)'' <small>[Meek](/source/Seth_Eugene_Meek) & Hildebrand, 1925</small> (Inshore sand perch)
* ''[Diplectrum radiale](/source/Diplectrum_radiale)'' <small>([Quoy](/source/Jean_Ren%C3%A9_Constant_Quoy) & [Gaimard](/source/Joseph_Paul_Gaimard), 1824)</small>  (Pond perch)
* ''[Diplectrum rostrum](/source/Diplectrum_rostrum)'' <small>[Bortone](/source/Stephen_A._Bortone), 1974</small> (Bridled sand perch)
* ''[Diplectrum sciurus](/source/Diplectrum_sciurus)'' <small>[Gilbert](/source/Charles_Henry_Gilbert), 1892</small> (Gulf squirrelfish)

==References==
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Category:Serraninae
Category:Perciformes genera
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