CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Atheriniformes (order) » Atherinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 246003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Kestratherina esox (Klunzinger, 1872)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 246 Atherinidae (Hardyheads) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Pikehead Hardyhead
Common Names List:	pike headed hardyhead
Organism Type:	a hardyhead
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Estuarine Coastal (0-40m) Pelagic, Shelf (0-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 246908 Kestratherina spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	246003

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2012-07-30.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 5 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a1e2202a-162e-4d46-89f5-1e011ea4eb79 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4310 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281221 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report