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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Osmeriformes (order)  »  Opisthoproctidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 099001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Monacoa griseus   Poulsen, Sado, Hahn, Byrkjedal, Moku & Miya, 2016
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes 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 99 Opisthoproctidae (Barreleyes) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Grimaldi's Barreleye Organism Type: a barreleye Synonyms: Opisthoproctus grimaldii Zugmayer, 1911 Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Parent Codes: 37 099901     Monacoa spp. Previous Codes (if any): 099001

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 2009-01-06. Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 200 to 5000 m.

Taxon Notes:	Poulsen et al 2016 resurrected genus Monacoa, describing M. griseus & M. niger. Opisthoproctus grimaldii is restricted to the Atlantic. Australian specimens identified as O. grimaldii are M. griseus and possibly M. niger. As genetic data and/or fresh images of the sole are required for ID, only M. griseus is confirmed from GAB, SA (35 10 S, 130 41 E), but likely widespread in southern Australia.
Identifiers:	FoA 3631 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1043364 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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