CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Scorpaeniformes (order) » Pteroidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 287012 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 287 Pteroidae (Lionfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Plaintail Lionfish
Common Names List:	plaintail firefish
Organism Type:	a lionfish
Synonyms:	Pterois russelli [mis-spelling] Pterois russellii [mis-spelling]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 287936 Pterois spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	287012

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 [141] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 3 to 145 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:78084b25-b0b3-4715-9f1a-c62483b59319 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3647 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218082 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-02-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report