Genus Saloptia Smith, 1964
- Saloptia Smith, J.L.B. 1964. A new serranid fish from deep water off Cook Island, Pacific. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 6(72): 719-720 pl. 21 [719].
Type species:
Saloptia powelli Smith, 1964 by original designation.
Introduction
Ma & Craig (2018) provided evidence that Saloptia is closely related to Plectropomus and treated it as a synonym of Plectropomus. Tentatively we retain the name here and it does not affect monophyly of either genus.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West-central Pacific.
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
General References
Ma, K.Y. & Craig, M.T. 2018. An inconvenient monophyly: an update on the taxonomy of the groupers (Epinephelidae). Copeia 2018(3): 443–456
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2019 | SERRANIDAE | 28-Nov-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
| 03-Dec-2012 | 03-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |