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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 617011 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Doryteuthis (Amerigo) opalescens   (Berry, 1911)
Rank:	Species
Alternative Scientific Name:	Doryteuthis opalescens    (Berry, 1911)

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Image by: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) Rights: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Family: 23 617 Loliginidae (calamaries, inshore squids) - show full list Common Name (AS5300): Californian Squid Common Names List: opalescent inshore squid Californian squid Organism Type: a squid Synonyms: Photololigo opalescens Loligo opalescens Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 617905     Doryteuthis spp. Previous Codes (if any): 23 617004

Taxon Notes:	Native to the west coast of North America, imported into Australia and New Zealand as seafood and bait.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574540 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Jereb, P., Vecchione, M., Roper, C.F.E., 2010. Squids. Family Loliginidae. In: Jereb, P. Roper, C.F.E., Editors, Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and oegopsid squids.. FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes., No. 4, Vol. 2: 38-117. FAO, Rome
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.