CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Elasmobranchii (class)  »  Lamniformes (order)  »  Cetorhinidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 011001 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Cetorhinus maximus   (Gunnerus, 1765)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

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Family: 37 11 Cetorhinidae (Basking Sharks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Basking Shark
Common Names List: basking shark
Organism Type: a basking shark
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes: 37 011901     Cetorhinus spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
011001
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 500 m.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3a3f1aca-2e26-4258-9e98-ef941597ed6a
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 1847
View at FoA
ITIS 159907
View at ITIS
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105837
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-05-08
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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