CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 470005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Mola tecta Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue & Stewart, 2017
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 470 Molidae (Ocean Sunfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	[an ocean sunfish]
Organism Type:	an ocean sunfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 470902 Mola spp.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on description by Nyegaard et al 2017. Confirmed from southeast Australia (NSW, SA, Tas & Vic), NZ, South Africa and Chile.

Identifiers:

FoA	5366 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1042750 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2023-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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