CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Pristiophoriformes (order) » Pristiophoridae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 023004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pristiophorus delicatus Yearsley, Last & White, 2008
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 23 Pristiophoridae (Sawsharks) - show full list
Standard Name:	Tropical Sawshark
Common Names List:	tropical sawshark sawshark
Organism Type:	a sawshark
Synonyms:	Pristiophorus sp. B [in Last & Stevens, 1994]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 023900 Pristiophorus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	023004

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 235 to 405 m.

Common/Standard Name Notes:

"sawshark" is the marketing name for this species. Provisional common name (species not in standard names list)

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:adedbbb6-0401-40dd-8e1c-bc94e8defece Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398276 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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