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CAAB Taxon Code: 37 311170
Scientific Name and Authority: Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces - Fishes
Family: 37 311 Polyprionidae † (wreckfishes)    show full list

Standard Name: Bass Groper
Suggested Indexable Form: not yet designated
Common Names List:
Standard (Commercial) Name(s): Bass Groper
Organism Type: a wreckfish

Other names used in Australia: Polyprion moeone

Taxon Notes:
Scientific Name Notes: The correct name of this species in Australasian waters may be Polyprion moeone.
Common/Standard Name Notes: Previous marketing name: Hapuku.

Parent Codes (if any):
   37 311000 .. Percichthyidae, Serranidae - undifferentiated .. temperate basses & rockcods
   37 311902 .. Polyprion americanus & Polyprion oxygeneios .. hapuku
Child Codes (if any):
Previous Codes (if any):
  311170

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: Yes
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: Yes

† Family note: The placement of this family and its validity are uncertain.

On-line resources for this taxon:

Australian Faunal Directory