CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 365044 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 365 Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Mertens' Butterflyfish
Common Names List:	Merten's butterflyfish
Organism Type:	a butterflyfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 365905 Chaetodon spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	365044

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 [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 10 to 120 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c5464db2-8310-40f9-9872-306f6de44a47 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2387 View at FoA
ITIS	169586 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273347 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-04-14 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report