CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Cephalaspidomorphi (class) » Petromyzontiformes (order) » Petromyzontidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 003002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mordacia mordax (Richardson, 1846)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 3 Petromyzontidae (Lampreys) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Shorthead Lamprey
Common Names List:	short-headed lamprey
Organism Type:	a lamprey
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Freshwater Estuarine Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 003902 Mordacia spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	003002

Distribution map:
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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 0 to 50 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:488a78c8-1483-4085-a450-cfb8574c046d Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	1998 View at FoA
ITIS	159747 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281595 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report