CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 311070 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 311 Serranidae (Rockcods) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Whitespotted Grouper
Common Names List:	ocellated grouper
Organism Type:	a rockcod
Synonyms:	Epinephelus caeruleopunctatus [mis-spelling]
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):	311070

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [59] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 4 to 65 m.

Common/Standard Name Notes:

Previous marketing name: Rockcod.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:33f3f946-38fe-49c7-86ad-d58f832c4081 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4664 View at FoA
ITIS	551045 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218247 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2020-07-24 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report