CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 311111 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Xenanthias winniensis (Tyler, 1966)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 311 Serranidae (Rockcods) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Redblotch Perchlet
Organism Type:	a rockcod
Synonyms:	Plectranthias winniensis
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 311978 Xenanthias spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	311111

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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 12 to 58 m.

Taxon Notes:

Genus updated from Plectranthias to Xenanthias after Tang & Chen 2025.

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7f192269-d7b7-4f98-8023-77499df86cd8 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2026-06-01 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Fishes of Australia	4386 View at Fishes of Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212536 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2026-06-01 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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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