CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 311060 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hyporthodus griseofasciatus Moore, Wakefield, DiBattista & Newman, 2022
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 311 Serranidae (Rockcods) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Convict Grouper
Common Names List:	convict grouper
Organism Type:	a rockcod
Synonyms:	Epinephelus septemfasciatus [in most Australian references prior to 2019] Hyporthodus septemfasciatus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 311969 Hyporthodus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	311060

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-11-07.
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Expected species depth range is from 76 to 470 m.

Taxon Notes:	Genus updated from Epinephelus after Craig & Hastings 1997; Craig et al 2011, Ma & Craig, 2018. Endemic to Western Australia from Barrow Island to Two Peoples Bay in depths of 76–470 m. Previously confused with H. septemfasciatus, which is restricted to Japan and the East China Sea and supported by strong molecular evidence (see Moore et al 2022).
Common/Standard Name Notes:	Previous marketing name: Rockcod.

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Moore, G.I., Wakefield, C.B., DiBattista, J.D. & Newman, S.J., 2022. Hyporthodus griseofasciatus (Perciformes: Epinephelidae), a new species of deep-water grouper from the west coast of Australia., Journal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111/jfb.15231

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