CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Siluriformes (order) » Ariidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 188001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Netuma thalassina (Rüppell, 1837)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 188 Ariidae (Forktail Catfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	Giant Sea Catfish
Common Names List:	common forktailed catfish
Organism Type:	a forktail catfish
Synonyms:	Arius thalassinus Netuma thalassinus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 188908 Netuma spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	188001

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

Expected species depth range is from 11 to 102 m.

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bd52c757-3d4a-4352-a8f6-a89fe0bada8b Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Fishes of Australia	2149 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at Fishes of Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281745 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-06-09 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Images:

Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)	Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Credit: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike

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