Genus Paraplesiops Bleeker, 1875
- Paraplesiops Bleeker, P. 1875. Sur le famille des pseudochromidoïdes et révision de ses espèces insulindiennes. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen [Verh. Akad. Amsterdam] 15: 1-32 [3] [Bleeckeria Castelnau, 1873 and Rupellia Castelnau, 1873, precede Paraplesiops, but have never been used; Rupellia is regarded as preoccupied by Rueppellia Swainson, 1839 after International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1910. Opinions rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinions 26–29. Smithsonian Institution. Publications 1989: 63–68 Opinion 27, which regarded various spellings of Rüppell's name to be typographical errors].
Type species:
Plesiops bleekeri Günther, 1861 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
General References
Hoese, D.F. & Kuiter, R.H. 1984. A revision of the Australian plesiopid fish genus Paraplesiops, with notes on other Australian genera. Records of the Australian Museum 36(1/2): 7-18 figs 1-9
Kuiter, R.H. 1994. Family Plesiopidae. pp. 552-558 figs 490-495 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 19-Nov-2012 | 19-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |