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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Priacanthidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 326008 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Heteropriacanthus carolinus (Cuvier, 1829) |
| CAAB category: | 37 - Pisces Fishes |
Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same.  Expected distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06. Occurrence locations [77] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
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| Family: | 37 326 Priacanthidae (Bigeyes) - show full list | |
| Standard Name: | Blotched Bigeye | |
| Common Names List: | yellow spot bigeye | |
| Organism Type: | a bigeye | |
| Synonyms: |
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacépède, 1801) [in most references prior to 2017] | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Habitat: |
Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) | |
| Parent Codes: |
37 326903
Heteropriacanthus spp. |
| Taxon Notes: | Fernandez-Silva & Ho (2017) resurrected the name H. carolinus for this species that was previously referred to as Heteropriacanthus cruentatus. The former is widespread in the Indo-Pacific and the latter is restricted to the Atlantic and possibly SW Indian Ocean. | ||||
| Previous Codes (if any): | 326008 | ||||
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