Species Parapercis somaliensis Schultz, 1968

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• Parapercis somaliensis Schultz, L.P. 1968. Four new fishes of the genus Parapercis with notes on other species from the Indo-Pacific area (family Mugiloididae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 124(3636): 1-16 figs 1-4 [10, pl. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 200751, Somali coast, Indian Ocean [11°52'N, 51°14'E].
  Paratype(s) USNM 2005750.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Parapercis sp. 11. —
  Bray, D.J. 2017. Fishes of Australia. Hosted by Museums Victoria on behalf of the OzFishNet community. http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/content/166
• Parapercis cf compressa. —
  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 [174]

 

Introduction

The correct name for this species is uncertain. It was first recorded from Australia as Parapercis somaliensis by Allen et al. (2006). However, Randall (2008) indicated that that species is confined to the western Indian Ocean. He described two new species similar to that species from the region P. compressa, recorded from Indonesia by Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola (1989) as P. somaliensis and P. altipinna from New Caledonia, each based on a single specimen. Larson et al. (2013) recorded the species as P. cf. compressa. Tentatively we retain the name P. somaliensis here pending resolution of the identity of Australian specimens.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

NW of Darwin (129°20-34'E) based on specimens in NTM; tropical, Indo-West pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Allen, C.J. 2006. Pinguipedidae. pp. 1488-1494 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. [1493]

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [351]

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 [174]

Randall, J.E. 2001. Pinguipedidae. pp. 3501-3510 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. [3509]

Randall, J.E. 2008. Six new sandperches of the genus Parapercis from the western Pacific, with description of a neotype for P. maculata (Bloch & Schneider). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 19: 159-178 [162]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (as Parapercis sp, 11) (Somali Grubfish)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [52] (Somali Grubfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Jul-2018	PINGUIPEDIDAE	09-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
08-Oct-2015	TRACHINOIDEI	15-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
22-Sep-2011		22-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED