CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 287064 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 287 Pteroidae (Lionfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Spotfin Lionfish
Common Names List:	broadbarred lionfish ragged-finned firefish
Organism Type:	a lionfish
Synonyms:	Pteropterus antennata Whitley 1964: 56
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):	287064

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

Expected species depth range is from 1 to 180 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:50ee9ad2-7d40-41ab-9b33-b6cdd20f7a42 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2111 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218081 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2020-10-29 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report