Taxon Report

CAAB Taxon Code: 28 712003
Scientific Name and Authority: Aristeus virilis (Bate, 1881)

CAAB category: 28 - Crustacea - Malacostraca - Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family: 28 712 Aristeidae (penaeid prawns)    show full list

Common Name: red striped prawn
Suggested Indexable Form: prawn, red striped
Common Names List: red striped prawn; pink striped prawn; stout red shrimp
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Prawn
FAO Name: stout red shrimp

Organism Type: a penaeid prawn

Other names used in Australia:

Taxon Notes: This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 701005 (FISHLIST 701005).
Scientific Name Notes:
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   28 712000 .. Aristeidae - undifferentiated .. deep sea prawns
Child Codes (if any):
Previous Codes (if any):
  00 701005, 701005

ITIS (USA) identifier for this taxon: 96067

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: No
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: No

Record source:
   Holthuis, L. B., 1980. Shrimps and Prawns of the World. FAO Species Catalogue, Vol. 1. F.A.O., Rome.

Scientific Name verified against:
   Holthuis, L. B., 1980. Shrimps and Prawns of the World. FAO Species Catalogue, Vol. 1. F.A.O., Rome.

On-line resources for this taxon:

Australian Faunal Directory