CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Gasterosteiformes (order) » Pegasidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 309002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pegasus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 309 Pegasidae (Seamoths) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Slender Seamoth
Common Names List:	slender seamoth winged dragonfish
Organism Type:	a seamoth
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Estuarine Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 309902 Pegasus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	309002

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
Occurrence locations [172] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 1 to 75 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d16af924-5664-4c9d-8cfb-0c14ecad8fb7 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4043 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218163 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-03-29 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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