Species Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904)
Tiled Righteye Flounder, Tilecolored Righteye Flounder
- Alaeops plinthus Jordan, D.S. & Starks, E.C. 1904. List of fishes dredged by the Steamer Albatross off the coast of Japan in the summer of 1900, with descriptions of new species and a review of the Japanese Macrouridae. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 22: 577-628 figs 1-52 pls 1-8 [623, pl.5 (fig.2)].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 51406, Suruga Bay, Japan, 60-70 fathoms.
Paratype(s) CAS(SU) 8389 (6), Ose Zaki, Japan 65-68 fathoms; USNM 51408, off Honshu Island, Japan, 13-16 fathoms; USNM 51413 (6), off Honshu Island, Japan, 110-128(?)m.
Generic Combinations
- Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904). —
Hubbs, C.L. 1915. Flounders and soles from Japan collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross in 1906. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 48(2082): 449-496 pls 25-27 [426]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West of Shark Bay (25°32'S, 112°11'E) to south of Scott Reefs (14°18'S, 122°05'E), WA, and north of Raine Island, QLD (11°35'S, 144°02'E) to off Arrawarra Headland, NSW (29°30'S, 153°48'E), NSW; tropical, antitropical (Japan).
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
60-585m
General References
Evseenko, S.A. 1996. Ontogeny and relationships of the flatfishes of the Southern Ocean (Achiropsettidae, Pleuronectoidei). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 36(6): 725-752 [in Russian, translated in Journal of Ichthyology 36(9): 687-712] [730]
Evseenko, S.A. 2004. Family Pleuronectidae Cuvier 1816 — righteye flounders. California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 37: 1-37 [17]
Guibord, A.-C. & Chapleau, F. 2002. Poecilopsetta megalepis Fowler, 1934, un synonyme junior de Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904) (Pleuronectiformes: Poecilopsettidae). Cybium 26(2): 135-139 [135]
Hensley, D.A. 2001. Pleuronectidae. pp. 3863-3877 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. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3873]
Hoese, D. F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Pleuronectidae. pp. 1831-1837 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. [1835]
Hoshino, K., Amaoka, K. & Last, P. 2000. Description of transformation larvae and a juvenile of the dextral flounder, Poecilopsetta praelonga (Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettinae) from northwestern waters of Australia. Ichthyological Research 47(3): 263-270 figs 1-5 [268]
Hoshino, K., Amaoka, K. & Last, P. 2001. A new dextral flounder, Poecilopsetta macrocephala (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes: Poecilopsettidae) from northern Australia. Species Diversity 6: 73-81 [80]
Sakamoto, K. 1984. Interrelationships of the Family Pleuronectidae (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes). Memoirs of the Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University 31(1,2): 95-215 figs 1-51 [210]
Common Name References
Hensley, D.A. 2001. Pleuronectidae. pp. 3863-3877 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. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3873] (FAO) (Tilecolored Righteye Flounder)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Tiled Righteye Flounder)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2015 | PLEURONECTOIDEI | 23-Jun-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |