- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- PERCIFORMES
- SERRANIDAE
- Plectranthias
- maculicauda
Spot-tail Perchlet, Plectranthias maculicauda (Regan 1914)
A Spot-tail Perchlet, Plectranthias maculicauda, AMS I.42723-001, 67.6 mm SL, from a large seamount north of Middleton Reef, Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea, May 2003. Source: Robin McPhee / NORFANZ Founding Parties. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Plectranthias maculicauda in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4385
Spot-tail Perchlet, Plectranthias maculicauda (Regan 1914)
More Info
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Distribution |
Off North Solitary Island, New South Wales, to Bass Strait, south of Lakes Entrance; also the Taupo Seamount and the Lord Howe Province in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in New Zealand. |
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Similar Species |
Differs from congeners in having the following combination of characters: Dorsal rays X,15; Pectoral rays 15, rarely 14 or 16; Lateral line complete with 32–35 tubed scales; No antrorse serrations on lower edge of preopercle; Scales with basal cteni; Melanophores on caudal peduncle forming a large (larger than pupil) dark spot mid-laterally. |
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Species Citation |
Serranops maculicauda Regan 1914, British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910. Zoology 1(1): 16, Pl. 21 (Fig. 3). Type locality: off North Cape, Aupori Peninsula, North Island, ca. 34°23'S, 173°01'E, New Zealand, depth 70 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Resources |
Spot-tail Perchlet, Plectranthias maculicauda (Regan 1914)
References
Gill, A.C., Pogonoski, J.J., Moore, G.I. & Johnson, J.W. 2021. Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 4918(1): 1-116. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4918.1.1
Kuiter, R.H. 2004. Basslets, Hamlets and their relatives. A comprehensive guide to selected Serranidae and Plesiopidae. Chorleywood, UK : TMC Publishing 1, 216 pp. (as Plectranthias cf. maculicauda)
Randall, J.E. 1980. Revision of the fish genus Plectranthias (Serranidae : Anthiinae) with descriptions of 13 new species. Micronesica 16(1): 101-187 figs 1-32 See ref online
Randall, J.E. 1996. Two new anthiine fishes of the genus Plectranthias (Perciformes: Serranidae), with a key to the species. Micronesica 29(2): 113-131 See ref online
Regan, C.T. 1914. Fishes. British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology. 1(1): 1-54, Pls. 1-13. See ref online
Roberts, C.D. 2015. Families Acropomatidae, Serranidae, Grammistidae, Callanthiidae. pp. 1172-1205 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. (eds). The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 4 pp. 1153-1748
