CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
37 227790 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Merluccius capensis   Castelnau, 1861
Rank
Species
CAAB category
37 - Pisces Fishes
Image
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)
Image by:
CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection
Licence:
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Rights:
CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection
Family
37 227 Merlucciidae (Hakes) - show full list
Standard Name
Cape hake
Common Names List
Organism Type
a hake
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Special purpose listing - see taxon notes
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
37 227900     Merluccius spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
227790
Taxon Notes
This taxon does not occur in the wild in Australian waters, but is entered in CAAB as commercially obtainable in Australia in imported form.
Identifiers
ITIS (USA) 164798
View at ITIS
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217746
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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