CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 311233 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Plectranthias cruentus Gill & Roberts, 2020
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 311 Serranidae (Rockcods) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a perchlet]
Organism Type:	a perchlet
Synonyms:	Plectranthias sp C. [Williams et al 2006:29, colour photo of holotype; Clark & Roberts, 2008: 51, fig. 18, colour photo of holotype]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 311939 Plectranthias spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-12.
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Expected species depth range is from 77 to 89 m.

Taxon Notes:	Described from type specimens collected off Ball's Pyramid (31°49.11’S, 159°20.74’E to 31°49.44’S, 159°20.39’E) in 86-89m and Lord Howe Island, Tasman Sea and a non-type specimen collected in 77m depth off Moreton Bay (27°27.37’S, 153°39’E), Qld (Gill & Roberts 2020).

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	GILL, ANTHONY C., ROBERTS, CLIVE D., 2020. Plectranthias cruentus, a new species of anthiadine perchlet (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea , Zootaxa, Vol. 4750: 560-566. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4750.4.6

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