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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 039001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Myliobatis tenuicaudatus   Hector, 1877
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 39 Myliobatidae (Eagle Rays) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Southern Eagle Ray Common Names List: southern eagle ray ray eagle ray Organism Type: an eagle ray Synonyms: Myliobatis australis Macleay, 1881 [in most references prior to publication of White 2014] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 039904     Myliobatis spp. Previous Codes (if any): 039001

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [636] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 130 m.

Taxon Notes:	From White (2014, Zootaxa 3860: 149-166): 'Myliobatis australis Macleay, 1881 from southern Australia is placed into the synonymy of the previously considered endemic New Zealand species, M. tenuicaudatus Hector, 1877.'
Common/Standard Name Notes:	"ray" is the marketing name for this species
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:22772c0f-b270-447c-9063-557e7b411f1e Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 3545 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271491 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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