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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 460927 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Caulopsetta spp.  

Rank: Genus
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 460 Bothidae (Lefteye Flounders) - show full list
Standard Name: [a flounder]
Organism Type: a flounder
Synonyms: Arnoglossus
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 37 460922     Bothidae
Child Codes: 37 460027     Caulopsetta andrewsi
37 460028     Caulopsetta armstrongi
37 460029     Caulopsetta bassensis
37 460059     Caulopsetta micrommatus
37 460030     Caulopsetta muelleri
99 379146     Caulopsetta scapha (unverified)
Taxon Notes:The genus Caulopsetta was resurrected by Tongboonkua et al 2025 for several species previously classified in the genus Arnoglossus.
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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