CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 467022 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Tylerius spinosissimus (Regan, 1908)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 467 Tetraodontidae (Toadfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Finespine Pufferfish
Common Names List:	Chinese puffer fish
Organism Type:	a toadfish
Synonyms:	Amblyrhynchotes spinosissimus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 467914 Tylerius spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	467022, 37 469006, 469006

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [54] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 211 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6496891e-4412-4d55-9974-7fd09c93f5b8 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	887 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219963 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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