CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	37 017001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mustelus antarcticus Günther, 1870
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 17 Triakidae (Hound Sharks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Gummy Shark
Common Names List:	gummy shark
Organism Type:	a hound shark
Synonyms:	Mustelus sp. B [in Last & Stevens, 1994: 214-215; in part - eastern form]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 017901 Mustelus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	017001, 37 017011

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-18.
Occurrence locations [951] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 403 m.

Taxon Notes:

White et al 2021 noted that Mustelus walkeri (originally coded as 37017011) is now a synonym of M. antarcticus.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7e6894af-e95e-411b-9773-80764569d658 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3260 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271380 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-06-16 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Images:

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Credit: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO, Image enhancement funded by CSIRO/FRDC Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike	Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)

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