Paraplagusia bleekeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Soleoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Pleuronectiformes Subordo: Soleoidei

Familia: Cynoglossidae
Subfamilia: Cynoglossinae
Genus: Paraplagusia
Species: Paraplagusia bleekeri

Name

Paraplagusia bleekeri Kottelat, 2013

• Holotype: RMNH 17879.

Type locality: one of the eight localities in Java listed by Bleeker where he collected or observed the species: Batavia, Cheribon, Tegal, Tjilatjap, Samarang, Rembang, Surabaja, Pasuruan.

Etymology: The specific name was given in reference to Peter Bleeker, who collected the type of this species.

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: 798–807.

• Kottelat, M.; 2013: Nomenclature and identity of the tongue soles Paraplagusia bilineata, "Cynoglossus bilineatus" and Paraplagusia blochii (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61 (2): 763–766. PDF

• Menon, A. G. K.; 1980: A revision of the fringed-lip tongue soles of the genus Paraplagusia Bleeker, 1865 (family Cynoglossidae). Matsya 5: 11–22.

• Munroe, T. A.; 2001: Cynoglossidae–Tonguesoles. In: Carpenter, K. E. & Niem, V. H. (eds.), The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 6. Bony Fishes Part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), Estuarine Crocodiles, Sea Turtles, Sea Snakes and Marine Mammals. FAO, Rome. Pp. 3890–3901.