CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	37 429007 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiocara ophicephalus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 429 Eleotridae (Gudgeons) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Spangled Gudgeon
Common Names List:	spangled gudgeon
Organism Type:	a gudgeon
Synonyms:	Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) [in most Australian references prior to 2021]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Freshwater Estuarine Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 429915 Ophiocara spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	429007

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-21.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 5 m.

Taxon Notes:	Until recently it was assumed that only one widespread Ophiocara species existed and it was referred to as Ophiocara porocephala. In a review of the genus, Keith & Mennesson (2021) concluded that O. ophicephalus is the correct name for the Pacific Ocean species, distributed from the Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Taiwan, Philippines and Micronesia in the north-west to Indonesia, PNG, Solomons, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji in the south-east. In Australian waters, O. ophicephalus is confirmed from Barred Creek, north of Broome, WA (17°39'S, 122°11'E) to North Stradbroke Island, QLD (27°29'S) and O. porocephala (coded as 37 429065) is restricted to the Indian Ocean, with the only known Australian location being Cocos-Keeling Islands (AFD draft text January 2022).

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	. doi:10.26028/cybium/2021-452-002

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