Dusky Tongue Sole, Paraplagusia sinerama Chaplau & Renaud 1993


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Dusky Tongue Sole, Paraplagusia sinerama Chaplau & Renaud 1993

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Distribution

Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, to Moreton Bay, Queensland. The species also occurs in New Guinea.

Species Citation

Paraplagusia sinerama Chapleau & Renaud 1993, Copeia 1993(3): 799, figs 1A, 2A. Type locality: mouth of Buffalo Creek, Darwin, NT, 0-1m [12°20'S, 130°55'E]. 

Author

Dianne J. Bray

Resources

Australian Faunal Directory

Dusky Tongue Sole, Paraplagusia sinerama Chaplau & Renaud 1993

References


Chapleau, F. & Renaud, C.B. 1993. Paraplagusia sinerama (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae), a new Indo-Pacific tongue sole with a revised key to species of the genus. Copeia 1993(3): 798-807 figs 1-4 

Johnson, J.W. 1999. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43(2): 709-762.

Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) 

Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293.

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds) The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp.

Munroe, T.A. 2001. Soleidae, Cynoglossidae. pp. 3878-3901 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.

Quick Facts


CAAB Code:37463022

Depth:0-50 m

Habitat:Soft bottoms

Max Size:40 cm TL

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