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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Elasmobranchii (class)  »  Orectolobiformes (order)  »  Stegostomatidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 013006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Stegostoma tigrinum   (Forster, 1781)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. Family: 37 13 Stegostomatidae (Zebra Sharks) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Zebra Shark Common Names List: zebra shark Organism Type: a zebra shark Synonyms: Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783) [in most references prior to 2019] Stegastoma fasciatum (mis-spelling) [in Last & Stevens, 1994] Stegostoma tigrinum naucum Whitley, 1939 (junior synonymn) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 013908     Stegostoma spp. Previous Codes (if any): 013006

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [116] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 5 to 50 m.

Taxon Notes:	Dahl et al 2019 redescribed this species, reviewed the literature and suggested the name, Stegostoma tigrinum (Forster, 1781) should be used as the senior synonym for the species.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ed6e77c0-1c50-4225-93f8-fc1f67a51938 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 1978 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220032 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-01-18 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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