CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 311244 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Plectranthias melanesius Randall, 1980
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. B.—Williams et al. 2006: appendix 8: 29 (colour photo).
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 2022-01-13.
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Expected species depth range is from 260 to 360 m.

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

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