CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 287132 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hipposcorpaena filamentosa Fowler, 1938
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: H.W. Fowler, 1938 - Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: H.W. Fowler, 1938 - Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross", chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters
Family:	37 287 Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a scorpionfish]
Organism Type:	a scorpionfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 287919 Hipposcorpaena spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-08-05.
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Expected species depth range is from 10 to 95 m.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on NMV specimen from Ashmore Reef area (12 26'S, 123 36'E) off northern WA in 95 m depth (see Wibowo & Motomura 2021).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8a5117e2-077e-461d-8266-127d09a07ab8 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2673 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:318490 Name status: unaccepted Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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