CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Gobiesociformes (order) » Gobiesocidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 206039 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Kopua nuimata Hardy, 1984
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 206 Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a clingfish]
Organism Type:	a clingfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 206908 Kopua spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-09-20.
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Expected species depth range is from 206 to 337 m.

Taxon Notes:	Known in Australia from a CSIRO specimen trawled from the Norfolk Ridge (south of Norfolk I within Australian EEZ, c. 29 41 S, 168 03 E) in 322-337m (Fujiwara & Motomura 2020).

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Fujiwara, K., Motomura, H, 2020. Revised Diagnosis of the Rare Clingfish Kopua nuimata (Gobiesocidae) with Notes on Fresh Coloration and First Australian Record, Species Diversity, Vol. 25: 49-54. doi:10.12782/specdiv.25.49

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