Family PLECTROGENIIDAE

Plectrogenium nanum

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• Plectrogeniinae Fowler, H.W. 1938. Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross, chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 85(3032): 31-135 figs 6-61.

  Type genus:

   Plectrogenium Gilbert, 1905.

  Secondary source:

   Imamura, H. 1996. Phylogeny of the family Platycephalidae and related taxa (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes). Species Diversity 1(2): 123-233 (elevated Plectrogeniinae to family); Matsunuma, M., Uesaka, K., Yamakawa, T. & Endo, H. 2022. Review of the Indo‑Pacific scorpaenoid genus Plectrogenium Gilbert 1905 (Plectrogeniidae) with descriptions of eight new species. Ichthyological Research 69: 299-351 [Date published online 17 Nov 2021] [303].

Introduction

The family Plectrogenidae currently comprises two genera and 13 species (Mandrytsa 1992, Matsunuma et al. 2022). One species has been recorded from Australian waters. This group has been variably placed in other families: Sebastidae by some workers, as a separate subfamily of the Scorpaenidae by Nelson (2006) and at the family level following Imamura (1996, 2004)(see Matsunuma et al., 2022). Plectrogenids are benthic, found on the lower parts of the continental shelf and continental slope. Little is known about the group.

General References

Gilbert, C.H. 1905. The deep-sea fishes. In, Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 23(2): 575-713 figs 230-276 pls 66-101 [fig. 248]

Imamura, H. 1996. Phylogeny of the family Platycephalidae and related taxa (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes). Species Diversity 1(2): 123-233

Imamura, H. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships and new classification of the superfamily Scorpaenoidea (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Species Diversity 9: 1-36

Mandrytsa, S.A. 1992. The new species and new records of fishes from the genera Phenacoscorpius and Plectrogenium in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 32(4): 10-17

Matsunuma, M., Uesaka, K., Yamakawa, T. & Endo, H. 2022. Review of the Indo‑Pacific scorpaenoid genus Plectrogenium Gilbert 1905 (Plectrogeniidae) with descriptions of eight new species. Ichthyological Research 69: 299-351 [Date published online 17 Nov 2021]

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp.

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