CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Beryciformes (order) » Trachichthyidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 255003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Paratrachichthys macleayi (Johnston, 1881)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 255 Trachichthyidae (Roughies) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Sandpaper Fish
Common Names List:	sandpaper fish
Organism Type:	a roughy
Synonyms:	Paratrachichthys sp. 1 [in Gomon et al, 1994]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 255905 Paratrachichthys spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	255003

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [232] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 15 to 403 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f988ed20-3c37-46a8-b4c6-109419b3dd22 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4529 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:315189 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-02-20 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report