CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxa List

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List of 104 taxa grouped by families - click on CAAB code to see taxon report.

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CAAB Scientific Name Authority AS5300 AS5301 Common Created Revised
41 110002 Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846) pygmy right whale 1999-08-25
41 110901 Caperea spp. 2012-10-05
41 110001 Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) southern right whale 1999-08-25
41 110902 Eubalaena spp. 2012-10-05
41 110000 Balaenidae right whales 1999-08-25
41 112001 Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 minke whale 1999-08-25
41 112007 Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 Antarctic minke whale 2004-02-04 2004-02-04
41 112002 Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 sei whale 1999-08-25
41 112003 Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1871 Bryde's whale 1999-08-25
41 112004 Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) blue whale 1999-08-25
41 112005 Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) fin whale 1999-08-25
41 112901 Balaenoptera spp. 2012-10-05
41 112006 Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) humpback whale 1999-08-25
41 112902 Megaptera spp. 2012-10-05
41 112000 Balaenopteridae rorquals 1999-08-25
41 116001 Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 common dolphin 1999-08-25
41 116901 Delphinus spp. 2012-10-05
41 116002 Feresa attenuata Gray, 1875 pygmy killer whale 1999-08-25
41 116902 Feresa spp. 2012-10-05
41 116003 Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 short-finned pilot whale 1999-08-25
41 116004 Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) long-finned pilot whale 1999-08-25
41 116903 Globicephala spp. 2012-10-05
41 116005 Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812) Risso's dolphin 1999-08-25
41 116904 Grampus spp. 2012-10-05
41 116006 Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956 Fraser's dolphin 1999-08-25
41 116905 Lagenodelphis spp. 2012-10-05
41 116007 Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) hourglass dolphin 1999-08-25
41 116008 Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828) dusky dolphin 1999-08-25
41 116906 Lagenorhynchus spp. 2012-10-05
41 116009 Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804) southern right whale dolphin 1999-08-25
41 116907 Lissodelphis spp. 2012-10-05
41 116010 Orcaella heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005 Australian snubfin dolphin 1999-08-25 2006-10-23
41 116908 Orcaella spp. 2012-10-05
41 116011 Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) killer whale 1999-08-25
41 116909 Orcinus spp. 2012-10-05
41 116012 Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) melon-headed whale 1999-08-25
41 116910 Peponocephala spp. 2012-10-05
41 116013 Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) false killer whale 1999-08-25
41 116911 Pseudorca spp. 2012-10-05
41 116014 Sousa sahulensis Jefferson & Rosenbaum, 2014 Australian Humpback dolphin 1999-08-25 2016-01-12
41 116912 Sousa spp. [a dolphin] 2012-10-05 2016-01-12
41 116015 Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) spotted dolphin 1999-08-25
41 116016 Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) striped dolphin 1999-08-25
41 116017 Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) spinner dolphin 1999-08-25
41 116913 Stenella spp. 2012-10-05
41 116018 Steno bredanensis (Lesson, 1828) rough-toothed dolphin 1999-08-25
41 116914 Steno spp. 2012-10-05
41 116020 Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1833) Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin 2004-02-04 2004-02-04
41 116022 Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb, Gershwin, Thompson, Austin, Owen & McKechnie, 2011 burrunan dolphin 2011-09-16
41 116019 Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) bottlenose dolphin 1999-08-25 2004-02-04
41 116915 Tursiops spp. 2012-10-05
41 116000 Delphinidae dolphins 1999-08-25
41 206001 Dugong dugon (P.L.S. Müller, 1776) dugong 1999-08-25
41 206901 Dugong spp. 2012-10-05
41 206000 Dugongidae dugongs 1999-08-25
41 131001 Arctocephalus forsteri (Lesson, 1828) New Zealand fur-seal 1999-08-25
41 131002 Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875) Antarctic fur-seal 1999-08-25
41 131003 Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus (Schreber, 1776) Australian fur-seal 1999-08-25
41 131004 Arctocephalus tropicalis (Gray, 1872) subantarctic fur-seal 1999-08-25
41 131901 Arctocephalus spp. 2012-10-05
41 131005 Neophoca cinerea (Péron, 1816) Australian sea-lion 1999-08-25
41 131902 Neophoca spp. 2012-10-05
41 131006 Phocarctos hookeri (Gray, 1844) Hooker's sea-lion 1999-08-25
41 131903 Phocarctos spp. 2012-10-05
41 131000 Otariidae eared seals 1999-08-25
41 136001 Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) leopard seal 1999-08-25
41 136901 Hydrurga spp. 2012-10-05
41 136002 Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826) Weddell seal 1999-08-25
41 136902 Leptonychotes spp. 2012-10-05
41 136003 Lobodon carcinophagus (Hombron and Jacquinot, 1842) crab-eater seal 1999-08-25
41 136903 Lobodon spp. 2012-10-05
41 136004 Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758) southern elephant seal 1999-08-25
41 136904 Mirounga spp. 2012-10-05
41 136005 Ommatophoca rossii (Gray, 1844) Ross seal 1999-08-25
41 136905 Ommatophoca spp. 2012-10-05
41 136000 Phocidae haired seals 1999-08-25
41 117001 Australophocoena dioptrica (Lahille, 1912) spectacled porpoise 1999-08-25 2000-03-16
41 117901 Australophocoena spp. 2012-10-05
41 117000 Phocoenidae porpoises 1999-08-25
41 119001 Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) pygmy sperm whale 1999-08-25
41 119002 Kogia simus (Owen, 1866) dwarf sperm whale 1999-08-25 2000-03-16
41 119901 Kogia spp. 2012-10-05
41 119003 Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 sperm whale 1999-08-25
41 119902 Physeter spp. 2012-10-05
41 119000 Physeteridae sperm whales 1999-08-25
41 120001 Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851 Arnoux's beaked whale 1999-08-25
41 120901 Berardius spp. 2012-10-05
41 120002 Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 southern bottlenose whale 1999-08-25
41 120902 Hyperoodon spp. 2012-10-05
41 120003 Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926) Longman's beaked whale 1999-08-25 2000-03-16
41 120903 Indopacetus spp. 2012-10-05
41 120004 Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews, 1908 Andrews' beaked whale 1999-08-25
41 120005 Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817) Blainville's beaked whale 1999-08-25
41 120006 Mesoplodon gingkodens Nishikawi and Kamiya, 1958 gingko-toothed beaked whale 1999-08-25
41 120007 Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876 Gray's beaked whale 1999-08-25
41 120008 Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) Hector's beaked whale 1999-08-25
41 120009 Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) strap-toothed beaked whale 1999-08-25
41 120010 Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 True's beaked whale 1999-08-25
41 120900 Mesoplodon spp. beaked whales 2009-10-21
41 120011 Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 Tasman beaked whale 1999-08-25
41 120904 Tasmacetus spp. 2012-10-05
41 120012 Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 Cuvier's beaked whale 1999-08-25
41 120905 Ziphius spp. 2012-10-05
41 120000 Ziphiidae beaked whales 1999-08-25

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