CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	37 188006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Neoarius leptaspis (Bleeker, 1862)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 188 Ariidae (Forktail Catfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Boofhead Catfish
Common Names List:	salmon catfish
Organism Type:	a forktail catfish
Synonyms:	Arius leptaspis Hexanemichthys leptaspis Sciades leptaspis Ariopsis leptaspis [in Kailola 2004]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Freshwater Estuarine
Parent Codes:	37 188907 Neoarius spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	188006

Distribution map:
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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 0 to 20 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:0328df47-9f50-408f-bde9-c3e292647d1b Name status: synonym Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281674 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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