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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Mullidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 355010 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Upeneus asymmetricus Lachner, 1954 |
| CAAB category: | 37 - Pisces Fishes |
Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same.  Expected 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 |
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| Family: | 37 355 Mullidae (Goatfishes) - show full list | |
| Standard Name: | Asymmetric Goatfish | |
| Common Names List: | gold band orange bar goatfish | |
| Standard (Commercial) Name(s): | Red Mullet | |
| Organism Type: | a goatfish | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Habitat: |
Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) | |
| Parent Codes: |
37 355903
Upeneus spp. |
| Taxon Notes: | Following recent work on the genus Upeneus the presence of this species in Australian waters is unclear. Uiblein & Gledhill (2014) state that the records of U. asymmetricus in Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola (1984) and Sainsbury et al. (1985) from northern Australia are misidentifications of the later described U. australiae Kim & Nakaya 2002. Tentatively the name is retained, but many, if not all records from Australia may be based on misidentified Upeneus australiae. | ||||||
| Previous Codes (if any): | 355010 | ||||||
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