CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Rajiformes (order) » Rhinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 026003 Taxa superceded by 37 026005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rank:	species
Attention: Non-current taxon. This record represents an old code which has been superseded by a new active CAAB code. See taxon notes for more details (if available).

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO.
Family:	37 26 Rhinidae (Wedgefishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	Smoothnose Wedgefish
Common Names List:
Organism Type:	a wedgefish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 026900 Rhynchobatus spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 60 m.

Taxon Notes:	Made non-active and redirected to R. australiae based on Last et al 2016 (Rays of the World). The true R. laevis is an Indo-West Pacific species but not known from Australia.
Common/Standard Name Notes:	provisional common name (species not in standard names list)

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report