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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Perciformes (order)  »  Opistognathidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 388006 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Opistognathus papuensis   (Bleeker, 1868)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

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Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Family: 37 388 Opistognathidae (Jawfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Papuan Jawfish
Organism Type: a jawfish
Synonyms: Opistognathus maculatus
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 388901     Opistognathus spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
388006, 37 388007, 388007
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 10 to 30 m.
Taxon Notes:Includes taxon formerly identified as Opistognathus maculatus (37 388007)

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9af28e10-1f54-4777-932d-37eee959f1de
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 3493
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276470
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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