CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Squaliformes (order) » Somniosidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 020906 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Centroscymnus spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 20 Somniosidae (Sleeper Sharks) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a dogfish]
Common Names List:	black shark longnose dogfish roughskin shark Plunket's dogfish Owston's dogfish Portugese dogfish
Organism Type:	a dogfish
Synonyms:	Centroscymnus crepidater Centroscymnus plunketi Centroscymnus coelolepis Centroscymnus owstoni Centroselachus crepidater Proscymnodon plunketi
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes:	37 020924 Somniosidae
Child Codes:	37 020025 Centroscymnus coelolepis 37 020019 Centroscymnus owstonii 99 378031 Centroscymnus plunketi (unverified)

Taxon Notes:

This taxon represents a grouping of several CAAB species, to be used to record commercial catches of deep water sharks.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d9712966-78eb-4151-830c-5270fb3122a0 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report