CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 287036 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Richardsonichthys leucogaster (Richardson, 1848)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 287 Tetrarogidae (Fortescues) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Whitebelly Roguefish
Common Names List:	whiteface waspfish
Organism Type:	a fortesque
Synonyms:	Tetraroge leucogaster Tetraroge darnleyensis
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 287938 Richardsonichthys spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	287036, 37 287091, 287091

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
Occurrence locations [84] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 8 to 90 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Coded here is the Western Australian 'variety' of R. leucogaster. The true R. leucogaster might not occur in Australian waters.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:22f91a82-7059-46de-a2ea-86e39d5e0ca9 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2115 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215623 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report