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Species Nematops macrochirus Norman, 1931

Longfin Righteye Flounder

 

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 (map not available)

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]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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