CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 362004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 362 Ephippidae (Batfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Roundface Batfish
Common Names List:	round-faced batfish
Organism Type:	a batfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 362902 Platax spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	362004

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [80] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 5 to 70 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ec53da8b-a2ed-43d4-840c-1d2acd756b79 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2210 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218710 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-05-31 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report