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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 NW 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) satyntohenyBmritoifshPaMruaspleaugmusiaandbicloinnesaitdae.reAdusittratloiabne Maujsueniuomr cheDcikasnonfethBeraAyusatrnadliMaanrMkuMsceGurmouCtohlleerctkiionnd.lyMaarstsiinstGedomwiotnh 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