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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 296036 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Platycephalus grandispinis   Cuvier, 1829
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. Family: 37 296 Platycephalidae (Flatheads) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Longspine Flathead Common Names List: longspine flathead long-spined flathead Organism Type: a flathead Synonyms: Platycephalus longispinis Macleay, 1884 [in most references prior to 2013] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 296913     Platycephalus spp. Previous Codes (if any): 296036

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2014-08-10. Occurrence locations [1510] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 3 to 75 m.

Taxon Notes:	Imamura (2013) reported that Platycephalus longispinis is a synonym of P. grandispinis, so the latter is now the current name. It occurs from about Bundaberg (Qld) westwards to Shark Bay (WA), excluding Tasmania and parts of Vic and SA.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c4324264-c85f-4532-b94c-19c6282dd226 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 3361 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1019878 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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