Species Nematops macrochirus Norman, 1931

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• Nematops macrochirus Norman, J.R. 1931. Two new flatfishes from the Indo-Australian Archipelago, with a synopsis of the species of the genera Poecilopsetta and Nematops. Treubia 13(3–4): 421-427 figs 1-2 [421, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1931.7.23.1, Bali Strait, Indonesia, 200m [8°29'S, 114°40'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Shelf, WA (117°10'E to 118°12'E), and off Capricorn Group, QLD (23°07'S, 153°19'E) to off Port Kembla, NSW (34°27'S, 151°19'E); tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

218–600 m.

 

General References

Amaoka, K. & Hensley, D.A. 2001. Paralichthyidae. pp. 3842-3862 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3871]

Evseenko, S.A. 2004. Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816 — righteye flounders. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 37: 1-37 [16]

Guibord, A.-C. & Chapleau, F. 2002. Poecilopsetta megalepis Fowler, 1934, un synonyme junior de Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904) (Pleuronectiformes: Poecilopsettidae). Cybium 26(2): 135-139 [136]

Guibord, A.-C. & Chapleau, F. 2004. Nematops chui Fowler 1934: a junior synonym of Nematops macrochirus Norman, 1931 (Poecilopsettidae, Pleuronectiformes). Cybium 28(3): 262-264 [262]

Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Pleuronectidae. pp. 1831-1837 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1834]

Norman, J.R. 1934. A Systematic Monograph of the Flatfishes (Heterosomata) Psettodidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 459 pp. 317 figs. [396]

Sakamoto, K. 1984. Interrelationships of the Family Pleuronectidae (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes). Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 31(1,2): 95-215 figs 1-51 [210]

Sakamoto, K. 1993. A record of Nematops macrochirus (Pleuronectidae) from Australia, with comments on its sexual dimorphism. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 40(1): 99-102 figs 1-2 [99]

 

Common Name References

Hensley, D.A. 2001. Pleuronectidae. pp. 3863-3877 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3873] (FAO) (Longfin Righteye Flounder)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Longfin Righteye Flounder)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Jul-2015	PLEURONECTOIDEI	22-Jun-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED