Taxon Report

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CAAB Taxon Code: 37 255009
Scientific Name and Authority: Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces - Fishes
Family: 37 255 Trachichthyidae (roughies and sawbellies)    show full list

Candidate Common Name: orange roughy
Suggested Indexable Form: roughy, orange
Common Names List:
Marketing Name(s): orange roughy
Organism Type: a roughy

Other names used in Australia:

Taxon Notes:
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Parent Codes (if any):
   37 255000 .. Trachichthyidae - undifferentiated .. roughies and sawbellies
Child Codes (if any):
Previous Codes (if any):
  255009

ITIS (USA) identifier for this taxon: 166139

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: Yes

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