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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Mugiliformes (order)  »  Mugilidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 381025     Taxa superceded by 37 381006 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Moolgarda speigleri   (Bleeker, 1858)

Rank: Species
Attention: Non-current taxon. This record represents an old code which has been superseded by a new active CAAB code. See taxon notes for more details (if available).
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

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Rights: FAO
Family: 37 381 Mugilidae (Mullets) - show full list
Standard Name: Roundhead Mullet
Common Names List: Spiegler's Mullet
Organism Type: a mullet
Synonyms: Valamugil speigleri
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Estuarine
Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 381910     Moolgarda spp.
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 20 m.
Taxon Notes:Australian Faunal Directory online, accessed 13.7.2020 - A single Australian record of Moolgarda speigleri from the Burdekin River, Qld, held in the Australian Museum (A.18134) and reported by Thomson (1997), has since been re-identified as Moolgarda cunnesius (Ghasemzadeh pers. comm.)

Identifiers:
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278820
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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