CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 031006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Spiniraja whitleyi (Iredale, 1938)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 31 Rajidae (Skates) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Melbourne Skate
Common Names List:	Melbourne skate skate Whitley's skate
Organism Type:	a skate
Synonyms:	Raja whitleyi Dipturus whitleyi
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 031912 Spiniraja spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	031006

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [70] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 1 to 345 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fe59d460-b43b-4a8b-b3a4-2918119d2976 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3895 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712958 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-05-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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