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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) »
Chordata (phylum)
» Actinopterygii (class)
» Pleuronectiformes (order)
» Taeniopsettidae (family)
| CAAB Code: |
37 460926
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Scientific Name and Authority: |
Taeniopsettidae
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| Rank: | family |
| CAAB category: |
37 -
Pisces Fishes |
| Family: |
37 460 Taeniopsettidae - show full list
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| Standard Name: | [a flounder] |
| Organism Type: | a flounder |
| Synonyms: |
Bothidae
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| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:

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| Habitat: |
Marine unspecified
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| Parent Codes: |
37 460000
Bothidae, Achiropsettidae, Paralichthyidae, Grammatobothidae, Taeniopsettidae
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| Child Codes: |
37 460920
Taeniopsetta spp.
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| Taxon Notes: | Tongboonkua et al 2025 resurrected the family Taeniopsettidae for several genera, including the genus Taeniopsetta, which occurs in Australian waters. |
| 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 |