CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 428191 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mugilogobius platystoma (Günther, 1872)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: A. G?nther, 1872 - Report on several collections of fishes recently obtained for the British Museum Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: A. G?nther, 1872 - Report on several collections of fishes recently obtained for the British Museum
Family:	37 428 Gobiidae (Gobies) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Island Mangrovegoby
Common Names List:	Island Mangrove Goby
Organism Type:	a goby
Synonyms:	Mugilogobius platystomus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Freshwater Estuarine
Parent Codes:	37 428954 Mugilogobius spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	428191

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 0 to 5 m.

Taxon Notes:

Derivation is from the Greek platy = flat + stoma = mouth and is a noun in apposition (AFD online, accessed 19 July 2017).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:558987e2-4983-406f-92ab-2602ecd906c0 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277361 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-04-24 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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