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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
FISMAPAnimalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Sparidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 353001 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801) |
| Rank: | Species |
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View detailed map or click on map to see same.  Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [697] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
| Taxon Notes: | The Fish Names Committee recommended that the scientific name for Snapper be changed from Pagrus auratus to Chrysophrys auratus in the Australian Fish Names Standard (Meeting dated 25 Aug 2016, Resolution 30.49) | ||||||
| Scientific Name Notes: | According to AFD online (accessed 24 Apr 2015), the generic placement of this species has been in dispute for many years. It was placed in genus Chrysophrys until Paulin (1990) regarded the genus as a synonym of the Atlantic genus Pagrus. Gomon (1994, 2008) continued to use Chrysophrys, while specialists on the group followed Paulin (Carpenter 2001). Molecular work (Day 2002; Orrelll et al. 2002; Orrell & Carpenter 2004; Chiba et al. 2009) has questioned the monophyly of the subfamilies and genera within the family, including Pagrus. Mitochondrial DNA suggested more similarity between Pagrus auratus and Evynnis from Japan and Argyrops. However, many of these studies have not agreed with morphological classifications based on dentition. Leis et al. provided evidence for recognising Chrysophrys as distinct from Pagrus. Dr. Yukio Iwatsuki of Miyazaki University in Japan is soon to publish information confirming that the two genera should be separate (Leis et al. 2014), with Pagrus confined to the Atlantic Ocean. | ||||||
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