# Plectrypops

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}
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| fossil_range = <!-- {{fossilrange|33.9|30|Early [Oligocene](/source/Oligocene)}} -->
| image = Plectrypops retrospinis - pone.0010676.g037.png
| image_caption = ''[Plectrypops retrospinis](/source/Plectrypops_retrospinis)''
| taxon = Plectrypops
| authority = [T. N. Gill](/source/Theodore_Gill), 1862
}}

<ref>{{Cite journal |title=NAẒM |last=Ghazal |first=Nazm |date=18 September 2019 |doi=10.1163/9789004206106_eifo_sim_8857}}</ref>'''''Plectrypops''''' is a genus of [soldierfish](/source/soldierfish) containing two [extant](/source/Extant_taxon) species, with one species in the [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific), and another in the western [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) and the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean_Sea). They are red and reach a length of approximately 15&nbsp;cm (6&nbsp;in). Some members of this genus are also known from [fossil](/source/fossil) remains.<ref name="sepkoskidb">{{cite journal |last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |date=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |accessdate=2009-02-27}}</ref>

==Species==
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Plectrypops| month = October | year = 2012}}</ref>
* ''[Plectrypops lima](/source/Plectrypops_lima)'' <small>([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1831)</small> (Shy soldier)
* ''[Plectrypops retrospinis](/source/Plectrypops_retrospinis)'' <small>([Guichenot](/source/Alphone_Guichenot), 1853)</small> (Cardinal soldierfish)

==See also==
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* [Prehistoric fish](/source/Prehistoric_fish)
* [List of prehistoric bony fish](/source/List_of_prehistoric_bony_fish)

==References==
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Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Category:Holocentridae
Category:Marine fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Theodore Gill

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