Species Paracaesio sordida Abe & Shinohara, 1962
Blue Snapper, Dirty Ordure Snapper (FAO), Smallscale Snapper, Sordid Snapper
- Paracaesio sordida Abe, T. & Shinohara, S. 1962. Description of a new lutianid fish from the Ryukyu Islands. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 9(1-6): 163-170 [163, pl. 1 (fig. 1)].
Type data:
Holotype FUMT 52043, Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.
Paratype(s) FUMT 51992; FUMT 52041-42; FUMT 52044.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Christmas Island and east of Moreton Bay, QLD; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific (Red Sea to New Guinea and north to Japan and east to Marquesas)
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
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) [320]
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, marine, schooling.
Extra Ecological Information
30-200 m.
General References
Anderson, W.D., Jr. 1987. Systematics of the fishes of the family Lutjanidae (Perciformes: Percoidei), the snappers. pp. 1-31 in Polovina, J.J. & Ralston, S. (eds). Tropical Snappers and Groupers: Biology and Fisheries Management. Boulder : Westview Press Inc. 659 pp. [15]
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [255] (distribution records outside Australia)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [114] (Sordid Snapper)
Anderson, W.D. & Allen, G.R. 2001. Lutjanidae. pp. 2840-2918 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 5 2791-3379 pp. [2902] (Dirty Ordure Snapper)
Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [255] (Smallscale Snapper)
History of changes
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| 04-Jul-2011 | ADDED |