CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 311238 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Plectranthias azumanus (Jordan & Richardson, 1910)
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:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
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 252 to 253 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added after record off Geraldton (27 56 S, 113 08 E, 252-253m), WA noted by Gill et al 2021.

Record source and 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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