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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 296004 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Platycephalus fuscus   Cuvier, 1829

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

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Family: 37 296 Platycephalidae (Flatheads) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Dusky Flathead
Common Names List: dusky flathead
Organism Type: a flathead
Synonyms: Platycephalus mortoni Macleay, 1883 [now regarded as a synonym of P. fuscus, see Imamura 2013]
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Estuarine
Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 296913     Platycephalus spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
296004
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2012-07-30.
Occurrence locations [263] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 25 m.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9101ad7b-3d8d-42d8-a702-b45a3c3633ff
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 3359
View at FoA
ITIS 167156
View at ITIS
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274658
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-05-08
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)
Dorsal

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Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)
Lateral

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Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)


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