CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 393016 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Bembrops platyrhynchus (Alcock, 1894)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 393 Percophidae (Duckbills) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Spotted Duckbill
Organism Type:	a duckbill
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 393902 Bembrops spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 348 to 502 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

B. platyrhynchus and B. philippinus (37 393001) have been misidentified and confused in Australian waters. See Thompson & Suttkus (2002).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:223189a7-2689-4a3d-b6b7-078f69168368 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2934 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219139 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report