Species Plesiops gracilis Mooi & Randall, 1991
Threadfin Longfin
- Plesiops gracilis Mooi, R.D. & Randall, J.E. 1991. Three new species of the genus Plesiops (Teleostei : Plesiopidae) from tropical Australian and adjacent seas. Copeia 1991(2): 373-386 [374, pl. 1A, figs 1-3].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 31410, Auluptagel Island, south-eastern end, east side of T-shaped peninsula, Palau [7°18´50"N, 134°29´52"E].
Paratype(s) AM I.17089-006; BPBM 9732; CAS 13985, 13988-89, 67419-22, 67423; ROM 56860-61; USNM 226939-40; WAM P.27654-027.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Rowley Shoals, WA (17º18´S); tropical, West Pacific.
IMCRA
Northwest Transition (3)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine.
General References
Mooi, R.D. 1995. Revision, phylogeny, and discussion of biology and biogeography of the fish genus Plesiops (Perciformes: Plesiopidae). Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions 159: 1-107 [35]
Mooi, R.D. 1999. Families Plesiopidae, Notograptidae. pp. 2586-2587 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. [2584]
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Web 2004. Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary., Fishbase) (Threadfin Longfin)
History of changes
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| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |