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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 296058 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Platycephalus orbitalis   Imamura & Knapp, 2009
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: [a flathead] Common Names List: Western-Australian flathead Organism Type: a flathead Synonyms: Platycephalus marmoratus (in part, for WA records, which are now referable to Platycephalus orbitalis in that state) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 296913     Platycephalus spp.

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 2009-01-06. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 50 to 124 m.

Taxon Notes:	Prior to the description of this species in 2009, all WA records of Platycephalus marmoratus probably refer to Platycephalus orbitalis as P. marmoratus is now known to be restricted to eastern Australia.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b24924c7-e25c-4f58-9c1e-0cdbabdc73f3 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 2692 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:474963 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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