Species Steeneichthys plesiopsus Allen & Randall, 1985

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• Steeneichthys plesiopsus Allen, G.R. & Randall, J.E. 1985. A new genus and species of plesiopid fish from Western Australia and the central-south Pacific Ocean. Records of the Western Australian Museum 12(2): 185-191 figs 1-2 [187, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P. 28031–018, Clerke Reef, Rowley Shoals, WA.
  Paratype(s) BPBM 17524; BPBM 20012; ROM 46183; USNM 24218; USNM 28027–005.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals (119º19´E), WA, and Great Barrier Reef QLD from Ashmore Reef (10º09'S, 144º35´E) and Yonge Reef (14º35') to NE of Dunk Island (17º56'); tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific (Fiji, Tonga and Samoa).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Mooi, R.D. 1999. Families Plesiopidae, Notograptidae. pp. 2586-2587 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. [2581]

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. [191]

 

Common Name References

Kuiter, R.H. 2004. Basslets, Hamlets and their relatives. A comprehensive guide to selected Serranidae and Plesiopidae. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 1, 216 pp. [203] (Roger's Pygmy-Longfin)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Steene's Prettyfin)

 

History of changes

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