CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 287159 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Neomerinthe kaufmani   (Herre, 1952)

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:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes: 37 287926     Neomerinthe spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-06-17.
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Expected species depth range is from 36 to 56 m.
Taxon Notes:Matsumoto & Motomura (2023) identified specimens of this species collected from the Gulf of Carpentaria, Qld in 36-56 m depth. Also recorded from the Andaman Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia in depths of c. 35–280 m.
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Matsumoto, T. & Motomura, H. , 2023. Taxonomic review of the Neomerinthe bucephalus species group (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae), with description of a new species from Vanuatu. , Ichthyological Research , Vol. 71, 1: 13-39.
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