Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 375002 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Chironemus maculosus (Richardson, 1850)
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Image
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Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images- Image by:
- B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
- Licence:
- Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
- Rights:
- B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
- Family
- 37 375 Chironemidae (Kelpfishes) - show full list
- Standard Name
(AS 5300) - Silver Spot
- Common Names List
- silver spot
- Organism Type
- a kelpfish
- Synonyms
- Threpterius maculosus [in most references prior to 2008]
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Coastal (0-40m)
- Parent Codes
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37 375901
Chironemus spp.
- Previous Codes
(if any) - 375002
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4edccf45-a069-4269-898e-aa74b2d9b7b1
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living AustraliaFishes of Australia 2425
View at Fishes of AustraliaWorld Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712747
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-11-11
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Distribution Map
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View detailed map

Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2008-11-19 - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 0 to 10 m.