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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 228087 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Microbrotula bentleyi   Anderson, 2005
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: E. Heemstra, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), www.saiab.ac.za Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: E. Heemstra, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), www.saiab.ac.za Family: 37 228 Bythitidae (Live-bearing Cusks) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Many-ray Cusk Organism Type: a live-bearing cusk Synonyms: Microbrotula polyactis Anderson 2005 Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 37 228940     Microbrotula spp.

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 37 m.

Taxon Notes:	Anderson (2005) described Microbrotula polyactis from Cape York (Qld), Indonesia & Philippines and another species, Microbrotula bentleyi from South Africa and the Red Sea. Schwarzhans & Nielsen (2011) subsequently synonymised the former with the latter, so the current name is Microbrotula bentleyi.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d1916c71-2eab-4c78-8e2f-7a41ec505ab6 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 1748 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281553 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-02-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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