CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 311236 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Plectranthias ferrugineus Gill, Pogonoski, Moore & Johnson, 2021
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 311 Serranidae (Rockcods) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a perchlet]
Organism Type:	a perchlet
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 95 to 109 m.

Taxon Notes:	Known from beam trawl and sled captures on the North West Shelf, off Western Australia (c. 19 27'S, 116 41' E), eastwards to the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory (10 22' S, 129 31' E), in depths of 95-109m (Gill et al 2021).

Scientific Name verified against:	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/zootaxa.4918.1.1

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