Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9f2df2d9-3c02-4910-a5ff-7e61c6b844f8

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

JSON

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Prionurus microlepidotus
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

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Further details

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Species presence: Recorded In Australia; Marine Habitats

Occurrence records map

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Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum

Description

The Australian Surgeonfish can be recognised by its grey to brownish colouration and the row of five to six black

s on the rear of the body. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

Online resources

Australian Museum Factsheets: Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat
Australian National Fish Collection Images: Authoritative image
Encyclopedia of Life: Description, Video Page Url, Images
Reef Life Survey Images: Images, Occurrence record
Seafood Services Australia: CAAB Code, Author

Species Lists

Tropical fish sightings on the Far South Coast NSW: Land / Aquatic: Aquatic; Common / Alternate Name: Sawtail; General comments: Bermagui
RLS profile v3: Diet: Plankton, Algae; Threats: Subsistence fishing; Abundance: 11.564; Depth: (0–29 m); Max_size: 700 mm; Common_Name: Sawtail surgeonfish;Australian Sawtail; sixplate sawtail; Frequency: 16.520; Distribution: West Pacific, Japan to Lord Howe island; IUCN_Threat_status: Not assessed; Range: 307.540; Invasive: Not known to be invasive

Images

Prionurus microlepidotus
Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
Licence: ? All rights reserved. Image may not be used for any purpose without permission from the copyright holder
Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images

Is this image representative of species? YES | NO

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Prionurus microlepidotus	Australian Faunal Directory

Common Names

Common name	Source
Australian Sawtail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Seafood Services Australia Australian Faunal Directory Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Sixplate Sawtail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Encyclopedia of Life Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Sawtail Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Sawtail Surgeonfish Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Australian Faunal Directory

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA

Desktop version

Prionurus microlepidotus Lacépède, 1804

Australian Sawtail