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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 287138 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Parapterois heterura   (Bleeker, 1856)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 287 Pteroidae (Lionfishes) - show full list
Standard Name: [a scorpionfish]
Organism Type: a scorpionfish
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 287931     Parapterois spp.
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-11-01.
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Expected species depth range is from 2 to 152 m.
Taxon Notes:Added based on NMV & CSIRO specimens collected from northern WA in 95-128m (identified by Mizuki Matsunuma, May 2012).

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ac0ae222-350d-412b-9ea3-b6e047b6944c
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 4785
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277609
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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