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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Apogonidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 327117 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Siphamia majimai Matsubara & Iwai, 1958 |
| CAAB category: | 37 - Pisces Fishes |
Distribution map:
 Expected distribution shown as red or purple polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Occurrence locations [31] shown as red or dark brown circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
| Family: | Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | Striped Siphonfish | |
| Common Names List: | striped siphonfish | |
| Recent Synonyms: | Siphamia zaribae Whitley 1959 [in most references prior to 2012] Siphamia majimae [incorrect spelling] | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
| Habitat: |
Coastal (0-50m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) | |
| Parent Codes: |
37 327921
Siphamia spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a cardinalfish |
| Taxon Notes: | In a review of Siphamia, Gon & Allen (2012) demonstrated that S. zaribae Whitley 1959 is a synonym of S. majimai Matsubara & Iwai, 1958. The species occurs from northern Australia to Japan. | ||||||
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