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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 429065 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiocara porocephala   (Valenciennes, 1837)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 429 Eleotridae (Gudgeons) - show full list Standard Name: [a gudgeon] Organism Type: a gudgeon Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Estuarine Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 37 429915     Ophiocara spp.

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-21. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 2 m.

Taxon Notes:	This name has been widely used for all members of the genus in the Indo-Pacific. It has recently been shown by Keith & Mennesson (2021) to be restricted to the Indian Ocean. Records from the Pacific, including Australia were based on Ophiocara ophicephalus, coded as 37 429007 [AFD draft text Jan 2022]. In Australia, only known from Cocos-Keeling Island in 1-2m (Hobbs et al 2014 Cocos Checklist).
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219359 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-03-29 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Keith, P. , Mennesson, M. I., 2021. Review of Ophiocara (Teleostei: Butidae) from Indo-Pacific Islands. , Cybium, Vol. 45, 2: 89-108. . Erratum appeared in Cybium v. 45 (no. 3), Nov. 2021:254. doi:10.26028/cybium/2021-452-002