Species Saloptia powelli Smith, 1964

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• Saloptia powelli 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, fig. 1, pl. 21].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAIAB 19, Cook Islands, Pacific.

 

Generic Combinations

• Plectropomus powelli (Smith, 1964). —
  Ma, K.Y. & Craig, M.T. 2018. An inconvenient monophyly: an update on the taxonomy of the groupers (Epinephelidae). Copeia 2018(3): 443–456 [447, 456] (changed combination)

 

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

Off North West Shelf, WA and Coral Sea, north-east of Lizard Island, (14°04`S, 145°41`E) and off Saumaerz Reef (21°41`S, 153°47`E ); tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

100–350 m.

 

General References

Craig, M.T., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Y.J. & Heemstra, P.C. 2011. Groupers of the World: a Field and Market Guide. Grahamstown, South Africa : NISC Ltd 356 pp., Appendix 47 pp. [349]

Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1993. Groupers of the World (Family Serranidae, Subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 16. Rome: FAO. pp. 1-382 [299]

Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1999. Family Serranidae. pp. 2442-2548 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. [2537]

Kramer, S.H., Kramer, S.M. & Newman, S.J. 1994. New deep-water fish records from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Pacific Science 48(1): 70-79 [73]

Ma, K.Y. & Craig, M.T. 2018. An inconvenient monophyly: an update on the taxonomy of the groupers (Epinephelidae). Copeia 2018(3): 443–456

Randall, J.E. & Heemstra, P.C. 1991. Revision of Indo-Pacific groupers (Perciformes: Serranidae: Epinephelinae), with descriptions of five new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 20: 1-332 [299]

 

Common Name References

Heemstra, P.C. & Randall, J.E. 1993. Groupers of the World (Family Serranidae, Subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 16. Rome: FAO. pp. 1-382 [299] (FAO) (Golden Grouper)

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

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [39] (Golden Grouper)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Sep-2019	SERRANIDAE	23-Jan-2019	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
03-Dec-2012		03-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED