CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Pleuronectiformes (order) » Bothidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 460075 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Japonolaeops gracilis (Fowler, 1934)
Rank:	species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 460 Bothidae (Lefteye Flounders) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Eyetooth Flounder
Organism Type:	a lefteye flounder
Synonyms:	Japonolaeops dentatus Amaoka 1969
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 460910 Japonolaeops spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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Expected species depth range is from 218 to 500 m.

Taxon Notes:

Voronina et al 2020 synonymised Japonolaeops dentatus Amaoka, 1969 with Japonolaeops gracilis (Fowler 1934).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e6068e88-b515-4cc3-823d-54eec8de8adc Name status: accepted Checked on: 2026-03-02 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281194 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2026-03-02 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Voronina, E. P., Raredon, S. and J. S. Maclaine, 2020. Taxonomic status of three nominal species of Indo-Pacific flatfishes (Bothidae) with redescription of Japonolaeops gracilis new combination., Journal of Ichthyology, Vol. 60, 4: 520-530. doi:10.1134/S0032945220060107

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