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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
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Platycephalus orbitalis   Imamura & Knapp, 2009

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

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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:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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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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