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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Serranidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 37 311244 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Plectranthias melanesius Randall, 1980 |
Rank: | Species |
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Distribution map:
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Taxon Notes: | Added based on records in Gill et al 2021 from east of Stradbroke Island, Qld (27°32′S, 153°54′E, 260 m) and a large seamount north of Middleton Reef, Lord Howe Rise (29°13.09′S, 158°59.85′E, 298–307 m). |
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/zootaxa.4918.1.1 |