CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 311108 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Sayonara megalophthalma (Fourmanoir & Randall, 1979)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 311 Serranidae (Rockcods) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Citron Perchlet
Organism Type:	a rockcod
Synonyms:	Plectranthias megalophthalmus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 311975 Sayonara spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	311108

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-13.
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Expected species depth range is from 312 to 318 m.

Taxon Notes:

Genus updated after Tang & Chen 2025.

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b5baba0d-db44-491e-b998-4c11b4a0b402 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2026-06-01 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Fishes of Australia	1716 View at Fishes of Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279017 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2026-06-01 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	GILL, ANTHONY C., POGONOSKI, JOHN J., MOORE, GLENN I., JOHNSON, JEFFREY W., 2021. Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 4918: 1-116. doi:10.11646%2Fzootaxa.4918.1.1
Scientific Name verified against:	Tang, C.-N. & Chen, W.-J., 2025. A 40-year taxonomic enigma: multigene phylogeny resolves the polyphyly of Plectranthias (Perciformes: Anthiadidae) and supports a revised taxonomy., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 205, 3: 1-36. doi:10.1093%2Fzoolinnean%2Fzlaf148

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