CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 354903 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Argyrosomus japonicus & Protonibea diacanthus
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 354 Sciaenidae (Jewfishes) - show full list Standard Name: mulloway Organism Type: a jewfish Synonyms: Argyrosomus antarcticus [in pre-1960 Australian works] Argyrosomus hololepidotus [in most works up to 1995 and some beyond this date] Argyrosomus japonicus Protonibea diacanthus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Previous Codes (if any): 354903

Taxon Notes:

This taxon represents a grouping of several CAAB species, typically for use in commercial catch recording.

Scientific Name Notes:

Griffiths & Heemstra (1995) noted A. hololepidotus had been used for 4 species, 3 restricted to western Indian Ocean and/or eastern Atlantic (A. coronus, A.hololepidotus, A. inodorus) and a widespread Indo-Pacific species, A. japonicus. They didn't find significant differences between populations of A. japonicus from South Africa, Japan and Australia, but noted further genetic research was required.

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