CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	37 287154 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ocosia dorsomaculata Chungthanawong & Motomura, 2022
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 287 Tetrarogidae (Fortescues) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a waspfish]
Organism Type:	a waspfish
Synonyms:	Ocosia cf. apia [in CAAB and Last el al 2014 Coral Sea checklist] Ocosia sp. 2 [of P. Last]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 287929 Ocosia spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	37 287824

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 140 to 348 m.

Taxon Notes:	Described from specimens collected in the Coral Sea (Australia and Chesterfield Island, New Caledonia) in 140-545 m depth. In Australia, known from CSIRO specimens collected from E of Flinders Reefs (17 32 S, 149 46 E) south to NE of Whitsunday Islands (19 38 S, 150 32 E) and from QM type material collected between Swain Reefs (22°00′S, 153°31′E) and Cape Moreton (26°51′S, 153°36′E), Qld in 140-348 m.

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	CHUNGTHANAWONG, SIRIKANYA, MOTOMURA, HIROYUKI, 2022. A new species of the waspfish genus Ocosia (Teleostei: Tetrarogidae) from the Coral Sea, with a key to species in the genus, Zootaxa, Vol. 5091: 37-50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5091.3.3

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