CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 287137 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus Greenfield & Matsuura, 2002
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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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)
Parent Codes:	37 287939 Scorpaenodes spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) .
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 12 m.

Taxon Notes:

First recorded in Australia by Motomura et al 2010 from WAM specimens collected off northwestern Australia (Cartier Island & Christmas Island).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7e4fbf77-171b-42ce-914b-e0aa14e5519e Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2716 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274750 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report