CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 287061 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Parascorpaena aurita   (Rüppell, 1838)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. Family: 37 287 Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Golden Scorpionfish Organism Type: a scorpionfish Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 37 287932     Parascorpaena spp. Previous Codes (if any): 287061

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2014-08-07. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 30 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Motomura et al 2009 noted that Scorpaena bynoensis Richardson, 1845 (type locality: nw coast of Australia), Scorpaena stokesii Richardson, 1846 (type locality: coast of Australia) and Scorpaena bellicosa Castelnau, 1875 (type locality: Nicol Bay, Qld, Australia) are all junior synonyms of Parascorpaena aurita (not P. picta as previously stated by other authors such as Allen & Cross, 1989; Allen et al 2006).

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5fd4088a-d392-4a06-9ea8-10041d60cae6 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 3133 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218065 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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