CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Perciformes (order)  »  Serranidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 311010 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Epinephelus rankini   Whitley, 1945

Rank: species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 311 Serranidae (Rockcods) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Rankin Cod
Common Names List: white-spotted rock cod
white-spotted rockcod
Rankin cod
Rankin's cod
Organism Type: a rockcod
Synonyms: Epinephelus multinotatus (Peters, 1876) [in most references prior to 2022]
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes: 37 311911     Epinephelus spp.
Previous Codes
(if any):		 311010, 37 311058, 311058
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-11-01.
Occurrence locations [328] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile
Expected species depth range is from 1 to 100 m.
Taxon Notes:Cao et al 2022 resurrected E. rankini from the synonym of E. multinotatus. Epinephelus rankini is known from off the Perth region in WA north-east to the Arafura Sea, NT (c. 128ยบ54'E) and Indonesia in at least 15-100m depth, whereas E. multinotatus is restricted to the Western Indian Ocean.
Common/Standard Name Notes: Previous marketing names: Whitespotted Rockcod, Rockcod.
Images:


Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images


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Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)


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Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)


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Record source and
Scientific Name
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