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)  »  Thalasseleotridae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 429066 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Tempestichthys bettyae   Goatley & Tornabene, 2022

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 429 Thalasseleotridae (Marine gudgeons) - show full list
Standard Name: [a marine gudgeon]
Organism Type: a marine gudgeon
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 429924     Tempestichthys spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-08-23.
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Expected species depth range is from 11 to 11 m.
Taxon Notes:Added after description from a single specimen collected from south-west of Marion Reef in the Coral Sea (19 17.4' S, 152 14.3' E), Qld.
Record source: Goatley, C. H. R., Tornabene, L., 2022. Tempestichthys bettyae, a new genus and species of ocean sleeper (Gobiiformes, Thalasseleotrididae) from the central Coral Sea, Systematics & Biodiversity, Vol. 20, 1: 1-15. doi:10.1080/14772000.2022.2090633
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