CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Stephanoberyciformes (order) » Melamphaidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 251000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Melamphaidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 251 Melamphaidae (Bigscales) - show full list
Standard Name:	bigscales
Common Names List:	ridgeheads crustheads
Organism Type:	a bigscale
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes:	37 990073 Stephanoberyciformes
Child Codes:	37 251901 Melamphaes spp. 37 251902 Poromitra spp. 37 251903 Scopeloberyx spp. 37 251904 Scopelogadus spp. 37 251905 Sio spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	251000

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Occurrence locations [16] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5030767f-7c4e-4300-ae08-03109b5a01e6 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125599 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-07-28 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report