CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Carcharhiniformes (order) » Pentanchidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 015009 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Figaro boardmani (Whitley, 1928)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 15 Pentanchidae (Deepwater Catsharks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Sawtail Catshark
Common Names List:	sawtail shark
Organism Type:	a catshark
Synonyms:	Galeus boardmani [in Last & Stevens, 1994 and many other references]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 015907 Figaro spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	015009, 37 017002, 017002

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [466] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 150 to 640 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Gledhill et al 2008 resurrected the genus Figaro for this widespread southern Australian species.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d09d064e-0f5e-4eca-a42c-345a9e6064b4 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3749 View at FoA
ITIS	160041 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:318064 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report