Species Paraplotosus butleri Allen, 1998

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• Paraplotosus butleri Allen, G.R. 1998. A review of the marine catfish genus Paraplotosus (Plotosidae) with the description of a new species from north-western Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46(1): 123-134 figs 1-4 [129, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM P.27368-021, near Broome, WA [~17°58´S, 122°14´E].
  Paratype(s) AMNH 33974; AM I.15557-038; ANSP 134247; BMNH 1976.3.8.1; CAS 35534; MNHP 1976-0006; QM I.13532; SAM F4158; USNM 215286; AM I.18719-001.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Paraplotosus sp. —
  Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.
• Paraplotosus albilabris (Valenciennes, 1840) [until Allen 1998 Paraplotosus was thought to contain only one species. All three species in the genus have therefore been referred to as P. albilibris at some point]. —
  Allen, G.R. 1998. A review of the marine catfish genus Paraplotosus (Plotosidae) with the description of a new species from north-western Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46(1): 123-134 figs 1-4

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, WA (25°21'S) to Torres Strait, QLD (142°44'E); tropical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
  • Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria
  • Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, N coast, NW coast, NW oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coastal, coral reef, inshore, rock reef.

Extra Ecological Information

0-10m

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [60] (as Paraplotosus sp.)

Ferraris, C. 1999. Family Plotosidae. pp. 1880-1883 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1882]

Ferraris, C.J. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628 [Date published 8 March 2007] [349]

Hoese, D.F. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Plotosidae. pp. 357-365 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. [363]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [21]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1998. A review of the marine catfish genus Paraplotosus (Plotosidae) with the description of a new species from north-western Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46(1): 123-134 figs 1-4 [129] (Sailfin Catfish)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Sep-2013	SILURIFORMES	12-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED