Species Paraplesiops poweri Ogilby, 1908
Northern Blue Devil, Blue-tip Longfin
- Paraplesiops poweri Ogilby, J.D. 1908. On new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 21: 1-26 [17].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.1548, Mud Island, Moreton Bay, QLD. - Paraplesiops joliffei Ogilby, J.D. 1916. Three undescribed Queensland fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 28: 112-115 [112].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.2652, Green Island, Moreton Bay, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [14]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Bowen, QLD (20º01´S) to Tweed Heads, NSW (28º10´S); tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
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) [317]
- Russell, B.C. 1983. Annotated checklist of the coral reef fishes in the Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Special Publication Series 1: 1-184 figs 1-2 [45]
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine, rock reef.
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 [14]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [165] (also as P. jolliffei)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [42] (911 as Paraplesiops jolliffei, 912)
Common Name References
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp. [146] (Northern Blue Devil)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [133] (Blue-tip Longfin)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Northern Blue Devil)
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 |