CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 388019 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Opistognathus rufilineatus Smith-Vaniz & Allen, 2007
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: G. Allen, Western Australian Museum Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: G. Allen, Western Australian Museum
Family:	37 388 Opistognathidae (Jawfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a jawfish]
Organism Type:	a jawfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 388901 Opistognathus 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 2 to 109 m.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on record from Mermaid Reef area (northern WA) in 2007 (identified by Smith-Vaniz).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1a1b4813-1fb1-48b0-8749-fb4e63410824 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2711 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398499 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report