CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 460024 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Engyprosopon osculus (Amaoka & Arai, 1998)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 460 Bothidae (Lefteye Flounders) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Bumphead Flounder
Common Names List:	speckled flounder
Organism Type:	a lefteye flounder
Synonyms:	Asterorhombus osculus Engyprosopon sp. 1 [in Sainsbury et al, 1985]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 460908 Engyprosopon spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	460024

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [5] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 12 to 124 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Hensley (2005) placed this species in the genus Engyprosopon.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:13968ce8-eb9a-40bc-af1d-7ac6ccfdf8ad Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4685 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277403 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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