WoRMS taxon details
Plesiops insularis Mooi & Randall, 1991
276816 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276816)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Mooi, R. D.; Randall, J. E. (1991). Three new species of the genus Plesiops (Teleostei: Plesiopidae) from tropical Australian and adjacent seas. <em>Copeia.</em> 1991 (2): 373-387. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Plesiops insularis Mooi & Randall, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276816 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Mooi, R. D.; Randall, J. E. (1991). Three new species of the genus Plesiops (Teleostei: Plesiopidae) from tropical Australian and adjacent seas. <em>Copeia.</em> 1991 (2): 373-387. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]





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To NMNH Extant Collection (Plesiops insularis FIN031914 Slide 120 mm)
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Plesiops insularis, Norfolk I., by Randall, J.E.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plesiops insularis FIN031914 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plesiops insularis FIN031915 Slide 120 mm)
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