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Rhomboid sweeper

Pempheris rhomboidea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877

Status not recordedbony fish

The rhomboid sweeper (Pempheris rhomboidea) is a species in the family Pempheridae, order Acropomatiformes.

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Quick facts about the rhomboid sweeper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the rhomboid sweeper live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rhomboid sweeper as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. Greece
  3. Israel
  4. Lebanon

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the rhomboid sweeper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the rhomboid sweeper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcropomatiformes
  5. familyPempheridae
  6. genusPempheris
  7. SpeciesPempheris rhomboidea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • hopeapyyhältäjäFinnish
  • גרזינון הכוכיםHebrew
  • Papudinha-do-Mar-VermelhoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rhomboid sweeper

Other species in the same genus Pempheris.

Bigeye

Pempheris adspersa

PempheridaeNo free photo yet

Cave sweeper

Pempheris oualensis

PempheridaeNo free photo yet

Bullseye

Pempheris compressa

PempheridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the rhomboid sweeper an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rhomboid sweeper as introduced in 4 countries: Cyprus, Greece, Israel and Lebanon, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the rhomboid sweeper?

The rhomboid sweeper (Pempheris rhomboidea) belongs to the family Pempheridae in the order Acropomatiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rhomboid sweeper (Pempheris rhomboidea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhomboid-sweeper

MLA

“Rhomboid sweeper (Pempheris rhomboidea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhomboid-sweeper.

BibTeX
@misc{rhomboid_sweeper_2026,
  title = {Rhomboid sweeper (Pempheris rhomboidea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhomboid-sweeper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}