CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 460044 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Scidorhombus tenuis Günther, 1880
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 460 Bothidae (Lefteye Flounders) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Dwarf Lefteye Flounder
Organism Type:	a lefteye flounder
Synonyms:	Arnoglossus tenuis
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 460928 Scidorhombus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	460044

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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Expected species depth range is from 7 to 100 m.

Taxon Notes:

Updated from Arnoglossus after resurrection of Scidorhombus by Tongboonkua et al 2025

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8b25cf2b-bbdf-4c39-9307-6c7650ee3541 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2026-08-07 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Fishes of Australia	944 View at Fishes of Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274179 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2026-08-07 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Tongboonkua, P., Chanet, B. & Chen, W.-J. , 2025. Integrated molecular and morphological analyses resolve long-standing classification challenges in the sinistral flatfish family Bothidae (Teleostei: Carangiformes)., Zoologica Scripta, Vol. 55, 1: 15-36. doi:10.1111%2Fzsc.70020

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