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 311978 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Xenanthias 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:
Parent Codes: 37 311954     Serranidae
Child Codes: 37 311200     Xenanthias fourmanoiri
37 311201     Xenanthias inermis
37 311106     Xenanthias longimanus
37 311109     Xenanthias nanus
37 311111     Xenanthias winniensis
Taxon Notes:The genus Xenanthias was resurrected for some species previously placed in the genus Plectranthias (Tang & Chen 2025). Both genera occur in Australia.
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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