Genus Paraplagusia Bleeker, 1865
- Paraplagusia Bleeker, P. 1865. Enumération des espèces de poissons actuellement connues de l'île d'Amboine. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 2: 270-293 [274].
Type species:
Plagusia blochii Bleeker, 1851 (Jordan (1919) lists Plagusia bilineata Bleeker as the type species of Paraplagusia; Bleeker, P. 1865. Enumération des espèces de poissons actuellement connues de l'île d'Amboine. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 2: 270–293 lists two species Paraplagusia bilineata Bleeker (= Plagusia blochii Bleeker) and Paraplagusia marmorata (= Plagusia marmorata Bleeker); Bleeker named Plagusia blochii in Bleeker, P. 1851. Over eenige nieuwe soorten van Pleuronectoïden van der Indischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indie 1: 401–416, including Pleuronectes bilineatus Bloch as a synonym) by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. 1919. The genera of fishes. Part 3. Stanford University Publications, University Series 39: 285-410 [336].
Introduction
See Kottelat (2013) regarding confusion over nomenclature.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
Ahlstrom, E.H., Amaoka, K., Hensley, D.A., Moser, H.G. & Sumida, B.Y. 1984. Pleuronectiformes: development. pp. 640-670 in Moser, H.G. et al. (eds). Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Special Publication 1: 1-760 [643]
Chapleau, F. 1988. Comparative osteology and intergeneric relationships of the tongue soles (Pisces; Pleuronectiformes; Cynoglossidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 1214-1232 (as Parapaglusia)
Chapleau, F., Renaud, C.B. & Kailola, P.J. 1991. Paraplagusia longirostris, a new flatfish (Cynoglossidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 38(3): 239-244 figs 1-3
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
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. [1856]
Kottelat, M. 2013. Nomenclature and identity of the tongue soles Paraplagusia bilineata, "Cynoglossus bilineatus" and Paraplagusia blochii (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(2): 763-766
Menon, A.G.K. 1980. A revision of the fringed-lip tongue soles of the genus Paraplagusia Bleeker, 1865 (Family Cynoglossidae). Matsya 5: 11-22 figs 1-2 [dated 1979]
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. [3892]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2015 | PLEURONECTOIDEI | 04-Apr-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |