Species Plesiops insularis Mooi & Randall, 1991

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• Plesiops insularis Mooi, R.D. & Randall, J.E. 1991. Three new species of the genus Plesiops (Teleostei : Plesiopidae) from tropical Australian and adjacent seas. Copeia 1991(2): 373-386 [379, pl. 1B-C, figs 3-4, 5A, A, 7-8].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM 14762, reef west of Mt Lidgbird, Lord Howe Island, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM I.1482, I.17363-004, I.17363-015, I.27142-012, I.27149-006, I.20271-024; BPBM 11433, 14828, 14924, 33527, 33913, 33944-46; CAS 68316-17; LACM 30615-27, 30615-28; NMNZ P.11767; ROM 58237-38; USNM 274558, 274562; WAM P.25650-003.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Plesiops sp. —
  Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454 figs 1-2 [396]
• Plesiops nigricans (Rüppell, 1828) [misidentification]. —
  Ramsay, E.P. 1888. Report on the Museum's expedition to Lord Howe Island. Annual Report of the Australian Museum 1887: 1-34 [32]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Elizabeth and Middleton reefs, NSW; tropical, south-west Pacific (New Caledonia and Chesterfield Bank, Coral Sea).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine.

 

General References

Mooi, R.D. 1995. Revision, phylogeny, and discussion of biology and biogeography of the fish genus Plesiops (Perciformes: Plesiopidae). Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions 159: 1-107 [37]

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. [2585]

 

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. [200] (Coral Sea Longfin)

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

 

History of changes

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