CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Lophiiformes (order) » Brachionichthyidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 209004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Thymichthys politus (Richardson, 1844)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 209 Brachionichthyidae (Handfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Red Handfish
Common Names List:	red handfish
Organism Type:	a handfish
Synonyms:	Brachionichthys politus [Johnston 1883: 121] Sympterichthys politus [Paxton et al 2006:648]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 209905 Thymichthys spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	209004, 37 209504, 209504

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 1 to 20 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:14e659fa-e5c0-446c-aa07-c748889c8495 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4323 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:475059 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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