CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Beloniformes (order) » Scomberesocidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 236001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum, 1792)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 236 Scomberesocidae (Sauries) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	King Gar
Common Names List:	saury king gar
Organism Type:	a saury
Synonyms:	Scomberesox saurus scomberoides
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 236901 Scomberesox spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	236001, 37 236002, 236002

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) .
Occurrence locations [11] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 1 to 5000 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Neira et al. (1998) use the name Scomberesox saurus scomberoides for this taxon.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a4e46ea5-cf1c-4aab-9206-f67e78d02726 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2101 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126392 Name status: alternate representation Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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