CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 037001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gymnura australis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 37 Gymnuridae (Butterfly Rays) - show full list
Standard Name:	Australian Butterfly Ray
Common Names List:	Australian butterfly ray ray
Standard (Commercial) Name(s):	Ray
Organism Type:	a butterfly ray
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 037901 Gymnura spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	037001, 37 035007, 035007

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 [619] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 250 m.

Common/Standard Name Notes:

"ray" is the marketing name for this species

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:193e282d-6a5d-4a8b-b552-40522a28073f Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Fishes of Australia	2032 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at Fishes of Australia
ITIS (USA)	564408 View at ITIS
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271474 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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