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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 192022 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Paraplotosus muelleri   (Klunzinger, 1880)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 192 Plotosidae (Eeltail Catfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Kimberley Catfish
Organism Type: an eeltail catfish
Synonyms: Paraplotosus albilabris
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 192906     Paraplotosus spp.
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 8 m.
Taxon Notes:This taxon was previously confused with 2 other Australian Paraplotosus species (albilabris and butleri).

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3af6b6d5-f0bd-4306-9826-23aff80a88de
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 2765
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282099
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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