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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 351026 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Monotaxis grandoculis   (Forsskål, 1775)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Family: 37 351 Lethrinidae (Emperors) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Bigeye Seabream
Common Names List: humpnose bigeye bream
Organism Type: an emperor
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes: 37 351906     Monotaxis spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
351026
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2014-08-12.
Occurrence locations [17] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
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Expected species depth range is from 3 to 100 m.
Taxon Notes:This species has been confused with Monotaxis heterodon (CAAB 37 351032), which is also recorded from Australia (see Randall, 2005: Reef & Shore Fishes of the South Pacific, p280-281 or Allen & Erdmann, 2012: Reef Fishes of the East Indies, p501-502 for distinguishing characters).

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6c9af4a0-d39d-4620-8cda-3806c939ac38
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 2756
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218584
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-03-29
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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