Species Psettina iijimae (Jordan & Starks, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Engyprosopon iijimae 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 [626, pl.8 (fig.1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 51461, Oki Shima, Suruga Bay, Japan, 45-48 fathoms.
  Paratype(s) CAS(SU) 8387 or 8561.

 

Generic Combinations

• Psettina iijimae (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 [456] (changed combination as type of genus Psettina)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North of Exmouth Gulf (21°33'S, 114°12'E) to north of Monte Bello Islands (20°03'S, 115°58'E), WA, and off Caloundra, QLD (26°46'S, 153°30'E) to off Newcastle, NSW (32°52'S, 151°57'S); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific (North Pacific).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, soft bottom.

 

General References

Amaoka, K. 1969. Studies on the sinestral flounders found in the waters around Japan. Taxonomy, anatomy, and physiology. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 18: 65-340 [179]

Amaoka, K. & Larson, H.K. 1999. New species of Psettina (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from off Western Australia, and record of a rare species. Copeia 1999(4): 1072-1078 figs 1-3 [1075]

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [277]

Hensley, D.A. & Amaoka, K. 2001. Bothidae. pp. 3799-3841 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. [3838] (as iijimai)

Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Bothidae. pp. 1810-1823 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. [1822]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [46]

Norman, J.R. 1934. A Systematic Monograph of the Flatfishes (Heterosomata) Psettodidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 459 pp. 317 figs.

 

Common Name References

Hensley, D.A. & Amaoka, K. 2001. Bothidae. pp. 3799-3841 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. [3839] (FAO) (Iijima Flounder)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Jul-2015	PLEURONECTOIDEI	18-Jun-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED