CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 018038 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 18 Carcharhinidae (Whaler Sharks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Whitetip Reef Shark
Common Names List:	whitetip reef shark
Organism Type:	a whaler shark
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 018914 Triaenodon spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	018038

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2014-08-11.
Occurrence locations [7] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 3 to 40 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4607a949-73be-46cd-81e6-f4b72178edc9 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	1967 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214557 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-09 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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