CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 311254 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Parascombrops mochizukii Schwarzhans, Prokofiev & Ho, 2017
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 311 Acropomatidae (Ocean Basses) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a seabass]
Organism Type:	a seabass
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 311962 Parascombrops spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-06-22.
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Expected species depth range is from 100 to 500 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added based on CSIRO specimens collected from west of Point Cloates (22 48.02 S, 113 24.53 E) to SW of Alison Point (24 00.07 S 112 32.25 E), WA in 340-396 m. Elsewhere, known from the NW Pacific (Taiwan north to Kyushu, Japan) in 100-500m depth (Schwarzhans & Prokofiev 2017).

Record source:	Schwarzhans, W. & Prokofiev, A.M., 2017. Reappraisal of Synagrops Günther, 1887 with rehabilitation and revision of Parascombrops Alcock, 1889 including description of seven new species and two new genera (Perciformes: Acropomatidae)., Zootaxa, Vol. 4260, 1: 1-74. doi:0.11646%2Fzootaxa.4260.1.1

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