CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 341014 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 341 Leiognathidae (Ponyfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Common Ponyfish
Common Names List:	narrow-banded ponyfish
Organism Type:	a ponyfish
Synonyms:	Leiognathus equulus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Freshwater Estuarine Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 341901 Leiognathus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	341014, 37 341019, 341019

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
Occurrence locations [345] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 1 to 70 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

From AFD draft text July 2018 "name is derived from the Latin noun equula = young female horse, equulus is an incorrect spelling"

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:edae14a2-e11e-4bc3-8f8c-49df21200755 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
ITIS	168799 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218459 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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