CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 039003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 39 Aetobatidae (Pelagic Eagle Rays) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Whitespotted Eagle Ray
Common Names List:	white-spotted eagle ray
Organism Type:	an eagle ray
Synonyms:	Aetobatus narinari [by most authors prior to publication of White et al 2010].
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Pelagic, Shelf (0-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 039902 Aetobatus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	039003

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

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 60 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:736f18f4-ec13-4bc4-861b-39a4f0731f41 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2034 View at FoA
ITIS	160978 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278243 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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