CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 461021 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Poecilopsetta plinthus (Jordan & Starks, 1904)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: H.W. Fowler, 1934 - Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: H.W. Fowler, 1934 - Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas
Family:	37 461 Pleuronectidae (Righteye Flounders) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Tiled Righteye Flounder
Organism Type:	a righteye flounder
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 461909 Poecilopsetta spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	461021

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
Occurrence locations [4] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 60 to 585 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

According to Hensley (2001, FAO), P. plinthus does not occur in Australia but its presence is confirmed by Guibord & Chapleau (2002).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5a67abf2-841b-427a-b3ed-aeb4ec1a60a9 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4712 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275856 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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