Plesiopidae
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3832.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6129582 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6A5BAE7A-DA55-FFCF-3AAA-FA3E9F42FBDB |
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Plesiopidae |
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Plesiopidae View in CoL View at ENA
REMARKS. A record of Assessor macneilli Whitley, 1935 from Madang District by Kailola (1987b: 247) is questionable and needs verification.
Calloplesiops altivelis Steindachner, 1903 —Comet
STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang based on USNM material (USNM 295599). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Line, Tuamotu and Tonga islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Secretive in caves and crevices of coral reefs, 3– 45 m. Marine.
Plesiops cephalotaenia Inger, 1955 —Headstripe longfin
STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Mooi (1995: 15). AMS and CAS material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Indonesia east to Palau and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Papua New Guinea. Secretive in crevices of coral reefs, 0– 12 m. Marine.
Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835 —Redtipped longfin
STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Mooi (1995: 19). AMS and WAM material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea and East Africa east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Secretive in crevices of seaward reefs, 0– 23 m. Marine.
Plesiops gracilis Mooi & Randall, 1991 View in CoL —Slender longfin
STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Mooi (1995: 35). Specimens collected at SB 08; another specimen collected by W.-J. Chen, St. PB-45. AMS, BPBM, NTUM and SMF material.
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Philippines east to Palau and Yap, south to New Guinea; Rowley Shoals (Western Australia). Secretive in crevices of coral reefs, 0– 16 m. Marine.
Plesiops oxycephalus Bleeker, 1855 —Sharphead longfin
STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by Mooi (1995: 51). AMS and CAS material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Indonesia east to Palau and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands. Secretive in crevices of coral reefs, including tidal pools, 0– 15 m. Marine.
Plesiops verecundus Mooi, 1995 View in CoL —Plain longfin
STATUS AT MADANG. Recorded from Madang in original description by Mooi (1995: 58). AMS, CAS, ROM and USNM material.
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Eastern Indonesia east to Palau and Fiji, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Secretive in crevices of coral reefs, 0– 30 m. Marine.
Steeneichthys plesiopsus Allen & Randall, 1985 —Steene's longfin
STATUS AT MADANG. New record from Madang, based on WAM material (WAM P.30618-030). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Northwestern Australia; Eastern Papua New Guinea east to Samoa and Tonga. In caves and crevices of seaward reef slopes, 2– 35 m. Marine.
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Plesiopidae
Fricke, Ronald, Allen, Gerald R., Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Hamel, Mélanie A., Laboute, Pierre, Mana, Ralph, Hui, Tan Heok & Uyeno, Daisuke 2014 |
Plesiops verecundus
Mooi 1995 |
Plesiops gracilis
Mooi & Randall 1991 |