Species Paraplagusia sinerama Chaplau & Renaud, 1993
Dusky Tongue Sole
- Paraplagusia sinerama Chapleau, F. & Renaud, C.B. 1993. Paraplagusia sinerama (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae), a new Indo-Pacific tongue sole with a revised key to species of the genus. Copeia 1993(3): 798-807 figs 1-4 [799, figs 1A, 2A].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.24689–011, mouth of Buffalo Creek, Darwin, NT, 0-1m [12°20'S, 130°55'E].
Paratype(s) AM I.24689-019, mouth of Buffalo Creek, Darwin, NT, 0-1m [12°20'S, 130°55'E]; AM I.21943-019 (3), Arafura Sea, NT, 38-40m [11°20-24'S, 134°54'E]; CSIRO C.3588, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD, 16.5m [16°51'S, 140°41'E]; CSIRO C.3376, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD, 11m [17°13'S, 140°35'E]; CSIRO C.3294, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD, 3.7m [17°25'S, 140°42'E]; WAM P.29719-001, Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, WA, 50m [13°51'S, 128°48'E]; NTM S.0046, north of Melville Island, NT [10°51'S, 130°43'E]; NTM S.10173-004 (3), off Murganella Creek, Van Diemen Gulf, NT [11°52'S, 132°35'E]; NTM S.0052, 26km off Christmas Creek, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD [14°30'S, 141°15'E]; NTM S.0049, Burns Shoal, off Point Arrowsmith, Gulf of Carpentaria, NT [13°20'S, 136°36'E]; NTM S.1052-001 (4), Shoal Bay, northeast of Darwin, NT [12°21'S, 130°59'E]; NTM S.10031-111 (3), north of Smith Point, Cobourg Penninsula, NT [10°58'S, 132°10'E]; NMC 77-0023A, 23km east of Kerema, Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea [8°01'S, 145°44'E]; NMC 77-0025A, 8 km off Kerema, Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea [8°01'S, 145°44'E]; NMC 71-0103A, 8km off Kerema, Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea [8°01'S, 145°44'E].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Exmouth Gulf (22°15'S), WA to Moreton Bay, QLD (27°10'S); tropical, New Guinea.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [335]
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [230]
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coastal, continental shelf, inshore.
Extra Ecological Information
0-50m
General References
Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Cynoglossidae. pp. 1853-1858 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. [1857]
Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762 [753]
Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [374]
Munroe, T.A. 2001. Soleidae, Cynoglossidae. pp. 3878-3901 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. [3895]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Dusky Tongue Sole)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2015 | PLEURONECTOIDEI | 23-Jun-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |