CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 372154 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Chromis okamurai   Yamakawa & Randall, 1989

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 372 Pomacentridae (Damselfishes) - show full list
Standard Name: [a damselfish]
Organism Type: a damselfish
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes: 37 372907     Chromis spp.
 Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-06-16.
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Expected species depth range is from 143 to 175 m.
Taxon Notes:Recorded by Sih et al 2017 from imagery taken on the outer Great Barrier Reef, NE of Townsville, Queensland in 143 m depth. Elsewhere, the species occurs in the north-west Pacific in 135-175 m.
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Sih, T.L., Cappo, M. & Kingsford, M.J., 2017. Deep-reef fish assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef shelf-break (Australia)., Scientific Reports, Vol. 7. doi:10.1038%2Fs41598-017-11452-1
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