CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
37 060005 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus   (Bleeker, 1852)
Rank
Species
CAAB category
37 - Pisces Fishes
Image
Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images
Image by:
Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Licence:
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
Rights:
Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO.
Family
37 60 Muraenidae (Moray Eels) - show full list
Standard Name
(AS 5300)
Highfin Moray
Common Names List
mottled moray eel
Organism Type
a moray eel
Synonyms
Gymnothorax sp. 6 [in Sainbury et al, 1985]
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Coastal (0-40m)
Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes
37 060900     Gymnothorax spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
060005, 37 060050, 060050, 37 060011, 060011, 37 060007, 060007
Taxon Notes
Includes taxa formerly identified as Gymnothorax sp. 6 (37 060011) and Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus (37 060050)
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6e2ef274-8a57-450d-8a17-e3c7197b8ee4
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
Fishes of Australia 3816
View at Fishes of Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271878
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Distribution Map

Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2022-01-17
Get expert distribution shapefile
Occurrence locations [20] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Distribution Data
Expected species depth range is from 0 to 68 m.