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)  »  Clinidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 416034 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Heteroclinus argyrospilos   Hoese & Pogonoski, 2021

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 416 Clinidae (Weedfishes) - show full list
Standard Name: [a weedfish]
Organism Type: a weedfish
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes: 37 416902     Heteroclinus spp.
 Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-12.
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Expected species depth range is from 55 to 100 m.
Taxon Notes:Described from two southern Australian specimens, one from the Great Australian Bight (approximately 300 km west of Ceduna, 31°50.05’S, 130°45.90’E), SA in 55 m and another from SW of Point D’Entrecasteaux (34°53.16’S, 115°30.42’E), WA in 95-100 m.
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Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 HOESE, DOUGLASS F., POGONOSKI, JOHN J., 2021. Description of a new deep-water species of Heteroclinus (Pisces: Teleostei: Clinidae), from southern Australia, Zootaxa, Vol. 5082: 286-293. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5082.3.6
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