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).
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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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