CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
37 024002 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Squatina tergocellata   McCulloch, 1914
Rank
Species
CAAB category
37 - Pisces Fishes
Image
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)
Image by:
CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection
Licence:
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Rights:
CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection
Family
37 24 Squatinidae (Angelsharks) - show full list
Standard Name
(AS 5300)
Ornate Angelshark
Common Names List
ornate angel shark
angel shark
Organism Type
an angel shark
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes
37 024900     Squatina spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
024002
Common/Standard Name Notes
"angel shark" is the marketing name for this species
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a7fc2130-c684-4f3c-ab11-ebeac45e6db2
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
Fishes of Australia 3284
View at Fishes of Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271674
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-01-11
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Distribution Map

Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2008-11-19
Occurrence locations [78] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Distribution Data
Expected species depth range is from 130 to 400 m.