CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 461030 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Poecilopsetta macrocephala Hoshino, Amaoka & Last, 2001
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology (drawing by K. Hoshino, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute) Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology (drawing by K. Hoshino, Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute)
Family:	37 461 Pleuronectidae (Righteye Flounders) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Bighead Righteye Flounder
Organism Type:	a righteye flounder
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 461909 Poecilopsetta spp.

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 387 to 555 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6a9b618d-79c1-481c-822c-1e84783deb53 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	992 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275852 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report