Species Paraploactis intonsa Poss & Eschmeyer, 1978

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• Paraploactis intonsa Poss, S.G. & Eschmeyer, W.N. 1978. Two new Australian velvetfishes, genus Paraploactis (Scorpaeniformes : Aploactinidae) with a revision of the genus and comments on the genera and species of the Aploactinidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 41(18): 401-426 figs 1-14 [414, figs 2, 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.12100, Shark Bay, WA.
  Paratype(s) CAS 39599-600 (ex WAM P.5378 & WAM P.5388), Shark Bay, WA; WAM P.4714, Shark Bay, Western Bay, WA; WAM P.5874, Shark Bay, WA; WAM P.6069, Shark Bay, WA; WAM P.8923, Shark Bay, WA; WAM P.14683, Shark Bay, WA; WAM P.23605, Carnarvon, WA, 24m; WAM P.25840-001, Shark Bay, WA.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker, 1864. —
  Mees, G.F. 1960. Additions to the fish fauna of Western Australia. 2. Western Australian Fisheries. Bulletin 9(2): 13-21 [20] (misidentification of WA specimen)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Near Perth (32°08`S) to Shark Bay, WA (25º21´S); subtropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Inshore, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

7-24m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [80]

Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Aploactinidae. pp. 911-916 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. [915]

Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls. [52]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [28]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [461]

Poss, S.G. 1999. Families Scorpaenidae, Caracanthidae, Aploactinidae. pp. 2291-2358 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. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2358]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [80] (Bearded Velvetfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bearded Velvetfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-May-2015	SCORPAENIFORMES	16-Apr-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED