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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Scorpaeniformes (order) » Pteroidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 287101 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler, 1938 |
| CAAB category: | 37 - Pisces Fishes |
Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same.  Expected distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2014-08-13. Occurrence locations [28] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
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| Family: | 37 287 Pteroidae (Lionfishes) - show full list | |
| Standard Name: | Sawcheek Scorpionfish | |
| Organism Type: | a lionfish | |
| Synonyms: |
Brachypterois serrulata [in most Australian references prior to 2013] Brachypterois serrulatus [Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 1984, p108, un-numbered fig top left; Blaber et al 1994, p392; Martin et al 1995, p917] | |
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Current Australian list:
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| Habitat: |
Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) | |
| Parent Codes: |
37 287909
Brachypterois spp. |
| Taxon Notes: | Matsunuma et al 2013 resurrected Brachypterois serrulifer from the synonymy of B. serrulata (Richardson, 1846). B. serrulifer is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf eastwards to the Timor Sea and north to southern Japan. In Australia it is known from the Coburg Peninsula, NT (c. 132 10 E) eastwards to the Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld (c. 139 56 E) in 27-64m. The true B. serrulata is restricted to the northwestern Pacific. | ||||||
| Previous Codes (if any): | 287101 | ||||||
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