CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Anguilliformes (order)  »  Muraenidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 060103 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Uropterygius cyamommatus   Huang, Liao & Tan, 2023

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 60 Muraenidae (Moray Eels) - show full list
Standard Name: [a moray]
Organism Type: a moray
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Freshwater
Estuarine
Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 060908     Uropterygius spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2024-09-02.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 2 m.
Taxon Notes:Type specimens were collected from anchialine caves on Christmas Island.
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Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Huang, W.-C., Liao, T.-Y. & Tan, H.H. Uropterygius cyamommatus, a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from anchialine caves in Christmas Island, Australia, and Panglao Island, the Philippines, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 71: 267-278. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2023-0021
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