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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Scorpaeniformes (order) » Tetrarogidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 37 287154 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Ocosia dorsomaculata Chungthanawong & Motomura, 2022 |
Rank: | Species |
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Distribution map:
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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 |