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)  »  Labridae: Labrinae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 384232 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Iniistius bakunawa   Sorgon, Tea, Meren & Nañola, 2023

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 384 Labridae: Labrinae (Wrasses) - show full list
Standard Name: [a razor wrasse]
Organism Type: a razor wrasse
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes: 37 384923     Iniistius spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-01-13.
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Expected species depth range is from 53 to 59 m.
Taxon Notes:In Australia, known from two paratype specimens collected from the Dampier Archipelago (19° 41' 42" S, 116° 30' 48" E to 20° 04' 36" S, 116° 10' 54" E), WA in 53-59 m depth. Also known from the holotype and six paratypes collected from fish markets in the islands of Panay, Cebu, Bohol, and Jolo in the Philippines (Sorgon et al 2023).
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Sorgon, K. E. S., Tea, Y.-K., Meren, J.C. & Nañola, C.L., Jr., 2023. Iniistius bakunawa, a new species of razor wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) from the Philippines and Western Australia., Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 71: 511-519. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2023-0038
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