Status of Paraplagusia notata (De Vis, 1883)

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by  J W Johnson

708 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM
STATUSOFPARAPLAGUSIANOTATA(DEVIS,1883). ofP. notata. It is therefore likely that P. notata is either a
MemoirsoftheQueenslandMuseum43(2): 708. 1999:-The junior synonym ofP. bilineata oran available name for an
appropriatedesignationforPlagusia(=Paraplagusia)notata unidentifiedspeciesofParaplagusia.Onthisbasis,QMI107
DeVis, 1883 isuncertainbecauseofanapparently insoluble and seven other specimen lots in the Queensland Museum
problem with 2 putative holotypes from Moreton Bay. The from Moreton Bay are identified as P. sinerama, a species
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first, QMI107, wasboth registered and labelled as 'type' in previouslyrecordedonlyfrom Australia.Johnson(1999)
1911 by Ogilby, who was appointed Queensland Museum also records P. bilineata and an unidentified species of
CuratorofFishesthefollowingyear.Thesecond,AMSI379, Paraplagusiafromthetype locality.
is identified as the holotype ofPlagusia notata by Menon Acknowledgements
(1979).Hehadthespecimenexamined(byDrP.Whitehead)
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recordsindicatethatthisspecimenwasobtainedonexchange (Museum Victoria) provided helpful comments on the
from the QM in 1886 butdo notreferto itstypestatus. The manuscript.
type status of these 2 specimens cannot be ascertained LiteratureCited
conclusively from the type description (De Vis, 1883) and CHAPLEAU, F. & RENAUD, C.B. 1993. Paraplagusia
wasnotresolvedbyEschmeyer(1998)inhistreatmentofthe sinerama (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae), a new
species. DeVis isnotorious for imprecision (Ingram, 1990) Indo-Pacifictonguesolewitharevisedkeytospecies
samRpneaednnciaytfhuiidocs.,fcQhoin1Mst91i9nn3o1u.m0ei7snTtiahosleaidcsepscneoptcueiinfcetisia.fmboleTrenhcaeosins2Pf.usdspsaieiomcnnaiegamrbeeaonmdusatpaCtorhhseeatpneslotratietoaucrusolnyo&-,f DEVISooS,offctCiAh.euetWsytt.hroea1flg8Ni8ea3nen.uwsD.feSisCoscohureptisehp.itWaiPao(rln3oes)c:soe7fe89(dn82ie)-n:w8g02sg78e.2no-ef2r8at9h.aendLispnenceiaens
precludingaccuratefinrayandvertebralcounts,buthasshort ESCHMEYER, W.N. 1998. Catalog ofFishes. Volume 2.
unbranched labial papillae and 3 lateral lines on the ocular Species of Fishes (M-Z). California Academy of
side. The combination of these characters distinguish P. Sciences, San Francisco.
ssPsiuaingrngeaeerprsalatmamsaga,utshDifaetaro(PmVs.iesea'nlColhtdaaeoptstcalhreeiamrpuatiyk&onnRboeeownfnaatuhdsse,penec1ico9oil9reo3su)sr.yoAnpflaotttnthhyeoermunggohoeffnthuPPis..s JIONHGNRSAaQlOuMieNa,es,nGs'.JlJD..aeWnv.1di9s19M9\0u9.9sa.TleihAuaesnmwa2'on8Tr(nhkoi1stc)a:kott1feh-do3C4rhc.nahre1.clkeMlsiesWmtaoloitfretsrhedoeffiVstihhse,es
notataasincluding'blacklinesenclosingpaleangularspots' ofMoreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of
is inconsistent with P. sinerama which is uniformly dark theQueenslandMuseum43 (thisissue).
tbilthoraciotsawtdOneogduioblnitbnftyuhtlemhioetschlauctalobalQerlMleslcIited1ideo.0nt7IhsfistioshfsetphoteerhcieihgmoiAenluanosl.ttydrApeaesMlciSaraIninpd3tM7iitou9nissciespaurcnoonmrborate(bcMblt.ee, MENOCsNoy,lneosgAl.oofGs.tshKie.dgae1e9n)7.u9s.MPaAatrsayrpaelv,ias5g:iu1osn1i-ao2f2B.lteheekefrri,ng1e8-6l5ip(Ftaomnigluye
McGroutherpers.comm., 1997).Menon'sidentificationofit J.W. Johnson, Ichthyology, Queensland Museum, PO Box
asP. bilineata, aspeciespossessingpalespotsontheocular 3300, SouthBrisbane4101,Australia: 19April 1999.
side,correspondswithDeVis' descriptionofthecolouration