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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 287070 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Parascorpaena moultoni   (Whitley, 1961)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 287 Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes) - show full list Standard Name: [a scorpionfish] Organism Type: a scorpionfish Synonyms: Scorpaena moultoni [Whitley, 1961; Paxton et al 1989] Parascorpaena mcadamsi [Allen et al 2006] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 287932     Parascorpaena spp. Previous Codes (if any): 287070

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 2012-07-05. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 1 to 25 m.

Taxon Notes:	This species was considered by some to be a junior synonym of Parascorpaena mcadamsi (see Poss, 1999), but Motomura et al (2011) confirmed its validity .
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1a877a1b-4f85-4d86-938d-bbe2e7796a3b Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 4837 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1013735 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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