Species Plectranthias megalophthalmus Fourmanoir & Randall, 1979

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External Links

• Plectranthias megalophthalmus Fourmanoir, P. & Randall, J.E. 1979. Three new species of serranid fishes of the genus Plectranthias from New Caledonia. Micronesica 15(1–2): 315-324 figs 1-3 [316, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 22486, Isle of Pines, New Caledonia.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Plectranthias sp. —
  Last, P.R., Pogonoski, J.J., Gledhill, D.C. White, W.T. & Walker, C.J. 2014. The deepwater demersal ichthyofauna of the western Coral Sea. Zootaxa 3887 (2): 191–224 [217]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Coral Sea northeast of the Whitsunday Islands, records from the North West Shelf of Australia are based on the related P. lasti; tropical, SW Pacific (New Caledonia)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

 

General References

Randall, J.E. 1996. Two new anthiine fishes of the genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae), with a key to the species. Micronesica 29(2): 113-131 [116]

Randall, J.E. & Hoese, D.F. 1995. Three new species of Australian fishes of the genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae). Records of the Australian Museum 47(3): 327-335 [333]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [82] (Citron Perchlet)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [38] (Citron Perchlet)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Mar-2022	SERRANIDAE	14-Aug-2021	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)
30-Sep-2019	SERRANIDAE	18-Dec-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
03-Dec-2012		03-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED