CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 365068 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 365 Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Forceps Fish
Common Names List:	forcepsfish
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 365910 Forcipiger spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	365068

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 2 to 114 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0ad0ae97-5a36-44e9-a680-b62ee074d758 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2410 View at FoA
ITIS	169663 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218760 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-09 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report