CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Tetraodontiformes (order) » Tetraodontidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 467004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 467 Tetraodontidae (Toadfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Balloonfish
Common Names List:	balloonfish
Organism Type:	a toadfish
Synonyms:	Liosaccus aerobaticus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 467910 Sphoeroides spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	467004, 37 467045, 467045, 37 467025, 467025

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 [1115] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 30 to 410 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9fafe216-8987-499e-bfaa-e43c0e820351 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	877 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127417 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report