Genus Samariscus Gilbert, 1905

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• Samariscus Gilbert, C.H. 1905. The deep-sea fishes. In, Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 23(2): 575-713 figs 230-276 pls 66-101 [682].

  Type species:

   Samariscus corallinus Gilbert, 1905 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Ahlstrom, E.H., Amaoka, K., Hensley, D.A., Moser, H.G. & Sumida, B.Y. 1984. Pleuronectiformes: development. pp. 640-670 in Moser, H.G. et al. (eds). Ontogeny and Systematics of Fishes. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Special Publication 1: 1-760 [643]

Amaoka, K., Hoshino, K. & Parin, N.V. 1997. Description of a juvenile specimen of a rarely-caught, deep-sea species of Samariscus (Pleuronectiformes, Samaridae) from Sala Y Gomez Submarine Ridge, eastern Pacific Ocean. Ichthyological Research 44(1): 92-96 [92]

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.

Hoese, D.F. & Bray, D.J. 2006. Samaridae. pp. 1838-1840 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. [1840]

Mihara, E. & Amaoka, K. 2004. Pleuronectiform fishes from New Caledonian waters. Five species of the samarid genus Plagiopsetta and Samaras (Samaridae). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (N.S.) [1993-2016] Tropical Deep-sea Benthos, v. 23 191: 611-635 [612]

Norman, J.R. 1934. A Systematic Monograph of the Flatfishes (Heterosomata) Psettodidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae. London : British Museum Vol. 1 459 pp. 317 figs. [407]

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 [211]

Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds) 1986. Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls. [865]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Jul-2015	PLEURONECTOIDEI	26-Jun-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED