Species Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards, 2003

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• Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill, A.C. & Edwards, A.J. 2003. Pseudoplesiops wassi, a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae) from the west Pacific. Zootaxa 291: 1-7 [2, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 363283, Milli Bay, Mota Lava Island, Banks Islands, Vanuatu [13°40´S, 167°39´E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.22584-032; AM I.25107-066; AM I.25112-001; AM I.33731-084; BMNH 1999.1.4.17; BMNH 2003.1.22.10-17; BPBM 38969; USNM 223334; USNM 242110; USNM 259385; USNM 283437; USNM 287661; USNM 290446; USNM 292059; USNM 338527.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Ashmore and Osprey Reef, Coral Sea and Escape Reef, QLD; tropical, west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, inshore, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

27-46 m.

 

General References

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [189]

 

Common Name References

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

Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary (2004, New Zealand) (Fleckfin Dottyback)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Nov-2012		26-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED