CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Elasmobranchii (class)  »  Torpediniformes (order)  »  Narcinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 028902 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Narcinops spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 28 Narcinidae (Numbfishes) - show full list Standard Name: [a numbfish] Organism Type: a numbfish Synonyms: Narcine spp. Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Parent Codes: 37 028905     Narcinidae Child Codes: 37 028004     Narcinops lasti 37 028008     Narcinops nelsoni 37 028007     Narcinops ornata 37 028002     Narcinops tasmaniensis 37 028005     Narcinops westraliensis

Taxon Notes:

Last et al 2016 (in Last & Yearsley, 2016 Rays of the world: Supplementary information) resurrected the genus Narcinops Whitley, 1940 for the Australian numbfishes based on morphological and molecular data.

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