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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Salmoniformes (order)  »  Salmonidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 094006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Salvelinus alpinus   (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 94 Salmonidae (Salmons) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Arctic Char Organism Type: a salmon Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 37 094906     Salvelinus spp.

Taxon Notes:	Arctic Char, Salvelinus alpinus is harvested as a commercial aquaculture species in Victoria and does not currently exist in the wild in Australia. The Standard Name is based on a successful application (Application 235) to the Fish Names Committee (A. Snow, pers. comm. Dec 2014).
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127188 Name status: alternate representation    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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