Species Paraplagusia longirostris Chapleau, Renaud & Kailola, 1991

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• Paraplagusia longirostris 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 [240].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.29719–001, Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, WA, 50m [13°51'S, 128°48'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM P.29719–001 or -002, Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, WA, 50m [13°51'S, 128°48'E]; AM I.20402–002 (2), Admiralty Gulf, Bonaparte Archipelago, WA, 12-60m [14-15°S 124°45'-126°45'E]; NMC 90–0205, western Papua, Papua New Guinea [8°57'E-09°07'S, 141°15'-143°15'E]; NMC 90-0204, Katatai Village, Papua, Papua New Guinea [9°02'S, 143°12'E]; CSIRO CA 2094, north of Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, WA, 86m [13°18'S, 128°21'E]; CSIRO CA 2115, north of Melville Island, NT [11°04'S, 131°18'E]; KFRS F.04130 (8), west of Oriomo River mouth, Papua New Guinea [9°02'S, 143°12'E]; NTM S.0055, 6.4km north of Jones Shoal, off Cobourg Peninsula, NT; NTM S.0059 (2), off Snake Bay, Melville Island, NT, 60m [10°55'S, 120°43'E]; NTM S.10031-110 (3), north of Smith Point, Cobourg Penninsula, NT [10°58'S, 132°10'E]; NTM S.10173-001 (4), off Murganella Creek, Van Diemen Gulf, NT [11°52'S, 132°35'E]; WAM P.29753-001 (7), Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, WA, 52m [13°55'S, 128°33'E].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

East of Rosemary Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA (20°29'S, 116°32'E) to Cobourg Peninsula, NT (132°17'E); tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

12-87m

 

General References

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 [801]

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. [1857]

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [374]

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. [3895]

 

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Pinocchio Tongue Sole)

 

History of changes

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