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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Syngnathiformes (order)  »  Syngnathidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 282078 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Hippocampus planifrons   Peters, 1877

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
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Family: 37 282 Syngnathidae (Pipefishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Flatface Seahorse
Organism Type: a pipefish
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 282900     Hippocampus spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
282078
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 10 m.
Taxon Notes:Prior to Kuiter (2001), Hippocampus dahli was confused under the name H. planifrons. Records of this code number from eastern Australia and the Northern Territory probably refer to H. dahli, 37 282114.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:56bfd9d9-3312-4e1b-8064-4416ff22cc58
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 1537
View at FoA
ITIS 166506
View at ITIS
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:306811
Name status: unaccepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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