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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Lampris australensis Underkoffler, Luers, Hyde & Craig, 2018
Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices
Synonym Source
Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788) miscellaneous literature
Published in:Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006, "Family Lamprididae", Ed. Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R., Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35, ser. Volume 35, no. Parts 1-3,, pp. 536-537, ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, Australia p536
Lampris regius (Bonnaterre, 1788) miscellaneous literature
Published in:McCulloch, A.R. 1929, "A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I", Memoirs of the Australian Museum, vol. 5, 1–144 p137
Common Name Source
Opah standard Australia
Opah preferred Australia
Arokura Australia
Kingfish Australia
Mariposa Australia
Moon Fish Australia
Moonfish Australia
Opal Fish Australia
Spotted Moonfish Australia
Spotted Moonfish Australia
Name Source
Lampris australensis synonym

Unranked scientific name reallocated to Lampris australensis Underkoffler, Luers, Hyde & Craig, 2018 by taxonomy builder

Bare scientific name reallocated to Lampris australensis Underkoffler, Luers, Hyde & Craig, 2018 by taxonomy builder
Lampris australensis Underkoffler, Luers, Hyde & Craig, 2018 accepted
Lampris australensis Underkoffler, Luers, Hyde & Craig, 2018 accepted

Prior to its description by Underkoffler et al (2018), this species was treated as Lampris guttatus, which is now considered restricted to the eastern North Atlantic including the Irish Sea, North Sea and Mediterranean. Lampris australensis is known from the southern hemisphere, including southern Australia, Chile and South Africa. In Australia, there are sparse records between Scotts Head, NSW (30 43´S) westward to Sorrento, WA (31 49´S), including Tasmania.

Bare scientific name reallocated to Lampris australensis Underkoffler, Luers, Hyde & Craig, 2018 by taxonomy builder
Identifier Source
SY_37268900_0 Taxon current
37268001 Taxon Concept current
SY_37268900_0 Taxon Concept current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fd86890b-e7cc-4225-83cb-9fdd592d2d43 Taxon current
37268001 Taxon current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fd86890b-e7cc-4225-83cb-9fdd592d2d43 Taxon Concept current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/037f3f03-992c-4687-b054-3f9c78784a7c Scientific Name current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fd86890b-e7cc-4225-83cb-9fdd592d2d43 Taxon LSID unknown
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fd86890b-e7cc-4225-83cb-9fdd592d2d43 Taxon unknown

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
GNATHOSTOMATA
informal
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
unranked
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
LAMPRIDIOMORPHA
order
LAMPRIDIFORMES
family
LAMPRIDIDAE
genus
Lampris
species
Lampris australensis
unranked
Lampris australensis & Lampris immaculatus 
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