CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	37 437003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Naso mcdadei Johnson, 2002
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 437 Acanthuridae (Surgeonfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Squarenose Unicornfish
Common Names List:	humpnose unicornfish
Organism Type:	a surgeonfish
Synonyms:	Naso tuberosus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 437903 Naso spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	437003

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2014-08-08.
Occurrence locations [9] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 5 to 53 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Two Australian species, N. mcdadei and N. tonganus, have been confused under the name N. tuberosus in Australia (see Johnson, 2002).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a776291f-998f-4777-981a-20d92e784e3a Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	1041 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278008 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-05-31 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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