CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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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 311976 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Pelontrus spp.  

Rank: Genus
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: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 37 311954     Serranidae
Child Codes: 37 311209     Pelontrus bennetti
37 311236     Pelontrus ferrugineus
37 311239     Pelontrus moretonensis
37 311241     Pelontrus sp. 1
Taxon Notes:The genus Pelontrus was resurrected for some species previously placed in the genus Plectranthias (Tang & Chen 2025). Both genera occur in Australia.
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Tang, C.-N. & Chen, W.-J., 2025. A 40-year taxonomic enigma: multigene phylogeny resolves the polyphyly of Plectranthias (Perciformes: Anthiadidae) and supports a revised taxonomy., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 205, 3: 1-36. doi:10.1093%2Fzoolinnean%2Fzlaf148
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