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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 287063 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pteroidichthys amboinensis   Bleeker, 1856
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): Godfrey's Scorpionfish Organism Type: a lionfish Synonyms: Pteroidichthys godfreyi [in most references prior to 2015] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 287935     Pteroidichthys spp. Previous Codes (if any): 287063

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 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [9] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 23 to 81 m.

Taxon Notes:	Motomura & Kanade (2015) showed that Rhinopias godfreyi Whitley 1954, previously treated as a valid species, is a junior synonym of P. amboinensis.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bdb847b5-801e-4ca0-be51-ec0383df17c2 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 2110 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:315438 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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