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)  »  Priacanthidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 326014 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Priacanthus zaiserae   Starnes & Moyer, 1988

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 326 Priacanthidae (Bigeyes) - show full list
Standard Name: [a bigeye]
Organism Type: a bigeye
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes: 37 326901     Priacanthus spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-06-12.
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Expected species depth range is from 28 to 320 m.
Taxon Notes:First recorded in Australia by Hashimoto & Motomura 2025 from a specimen collected off Cape Moreton (c. 26 56 S, 153 30 E), Queensland, at a depth of 110 m. Also known from an AMS specimen from Lord Howe Island. Elsewhere, known from southern Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Philippines in 28-320 m depth (Allen & Erdmann 2024; Hashimoto & Motomura, 2025).
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Hashimoto, S. & Motomura, H., 2025. First Southern Hemisphere record of Priacanthus zaiserae (Perciformes: Priacanthidae) from Queensland, Australia., Species Diversity, Vol. 30: 85-90. doi:10.12782%2Fspecdiv.30.85
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