CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 035028 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Megatrygon microps (Annandale, 1908)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 35 Dasyatidae (Stingrays) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Smalleye Stingray
Common Names List:	smalleye stingray
Organism Type:	a stingray
Synonyms:	Dasyatis microps
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 035913 Megatrygon spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	035028

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-10-17.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 200 m.

Taxon Notes:

New genus erected for this taxon by Last et al 2016 (Zootaxa 4139).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d24e3cb6-d76f-4552-bf80-e4335ac952f3 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2024 View at FoA
ITIS	564373 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1042870 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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