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 384235 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Paracheilinus nursalim   Allen & Erdmann, 2008

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 384 Labridae: Labrinae (Wrasses) - show full list
Standard Name: [a flasherwrasse]
Organism Type: a flasherwrasse
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes: 37 384934     Paracheilinus spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-06-04.
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Expected species depth range is from 5 to 50 m.
Taxon Notes:Tea & Walsh (2023) reported this species from Flinders Shoal, Timor Sea.
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Tea, Y.-K. and Walsh, F. , 2023. Review of Australian species of Paracheilinus Fourmanoir (Teleostei: Labridae), with description of a new species from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea., Ichthyology & Herpetology, Vol. 111, 3: 397-415.
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