拟金眼鲷科为辐鳍鱼纲鲈形目的其中一个科。

本科鱼类广泛分布于全球各大洋热带及亚热带浅水珊瑚礁区。

Sweepers are small, tropical marine (occasionally brackish) perciform fish of the family Pempheridae. Found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Indo-Pacific region, the family contains about 26 species in two genera. One species (Pempheris xanthoptera) is the target of subsistence fisheries in Japan, where the fish is much enjoyed for its taste. Sweepers are occasionally kept in marine aquaria.