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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 388021 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Opistognathus asper   Smith-Vaniz, 2023
Rank:	species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes 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.

Taxon Notes:

Described from specimens collected in the vicinity of Ashmore Reef (12°26’42”S, 123°36’03”E–12°26’58”S, 123°36’35”E, 95 m), northwestern Australia (Smith-Vaniz, 2023).

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Record source:

Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 2023. Review of Indo-West Pacific jawfishes (Opistognathus: Opistognathidae), with descriptions of 18 new species, Zootaxa, Vol. 5252, 1: 1-180. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5252.1.1