CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 287139 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Phenacoscorpius adenensis   Norman, 1939
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes 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: Parent Codes: 37 287933     Phenacoscorpius spp.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on Australian (Qld, NSW & Vic) records documented by Motomura et al 2012. Due to poor quality of specimens examined, there is some doubt as to the whether the sw Pacific specimens are the same species as the types described from the nw Indian Ocean (Motomura et al 2012).

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ad2afa3d-ed8a-4b75-be93-af6a87f27292 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 5100 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218072 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)