CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Pleuronectiformes (order) » Citharidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 458005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Citharoides macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1904)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 458 Citharidae (Largescale Flounders) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Common Largescale Flounder
Organism Type:	a largescale flounder
Synonyms:	Paracitharus macrolepis
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 458902 Citharoides spp.

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 200 to 220 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Paracitharus may be the correct genus for this species.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:18c1fad2-58da-4f70-aac3-99ea34286c74 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4701 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215600 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report