CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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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 282147 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Festucalex bifasciatus   Yuki & Motomura, 2026

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 282 Syngnathidae (Pipefishes) - show full list
Standard Name: [a pipefish]
Organism Type: a pipefish
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes: 37 282910     Festucalex spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-05-28.
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Expected species depth range is from 9 to 81 m.
Taxon Notes:Described from eight specimens collected from north of Port Hedland (19 04 S, 118 47 E), Western Australia, the Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait and east of Proserpine (20°32′S, 150°20′E), Queensland in 9-81m depth (Yuki & Motomura, 2006).
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Yuki, D. Motomura, H. , 2026. Festucalex bifasciatus, a new pipefish (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) from northern Australia., Zootaxa, Vol. 5810: 171-178. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5810.1.8
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