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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) is a scheme of eight-digit identifiers for aquatic organisms in the Australian region, and a database of information about those species. Originally developed for species of commercial interest, it has been expanded to cover a wide range of taxa.

CAAB was developed and is maintained by the Australian CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation). The codes are used by government and industry groups for fisheries management and marine biology.[1]

Codes have a two-digit category, followed by six additional digits for the family and species, usually presented with a space between the second and third digits.

History

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CAAB's predecessor was FISHLIST, which was in use from the 1970s to circa 1990. It used six-digit codes for fish and some commercially-important non-fish species. The first three digits indicated the family, and the last three were the species number within that family.[2]

CAAB codes for fishes were published in printed form up to 1994. CAAB version 1 was developed at the CSIRO Division of Fisheries by Yearsley, Last, and Morris from 1990 to 1995.[1] CAAB v1 introduced the two-digit category prefix with 37 for fishes and 00 for "other".[2]

The version 2 database was developed by Rees and Gowlett-Holmes of CSIRO Marine Research. It is currently maintained by CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Division.[1] Version 2 added structural changes and new fields, including cross-references to other systems such as ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) and FishBase.[2]

Code structure

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Codes consist of a two-digit major category, a three-digit family code, and a three-digit species code.

Category codes include:[1]

  • 10–36 – invertebrates
    • 23 – molluscs[3]
    • 28 — crustaceans[3]
  • 37 – fishes
  • 39–41 – other marine vertebrates
    • 39 – reptiles
    • 40 – birds
  • 52–55, 70 – seaweeds and micro algae
  • 63 – sea grasses and mangroves

Usage

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  • The Australian List of Standard Aquatic Plant Names defines approved commercial names referenced to both the scientific name and the CAAB code.[4]
  • New South Wales Department of Primary Industries maps DPI catch-reporting codes to CAAB codes for fisheries regulation.[3]
  • CATAMI registers CAAB codes for physical features.[5]

Examples

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota". www.cmar.csiro.au. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "CAAB Version history". www.cmar.csiro.au. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Common Species List" (PDF). New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. Retrieved 26 January 2022..
  4. ^ Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (2020), AS 5301–2020: Australian Standard for Aquatic Plant Names (PDF), ISBN 978-1-925983-44-9, retrieved 26 January 2022
  5. ^ Althaus, F.; Hill, N. A.; Edwards, L.; Ferrari, R. (2013). "CATAMI Classification Scheme for scoring marine biota and substrata in underwater imagery - A pictorial guide to the Collaborative and Annotation Tools for Analysis of Marine Imagery and Video (CATAMI) classification scheme". Retrieved 26 January 2022. Originally CAAB were only used for taxonomic classification of biota, but the system was adapted to encompass both the physical and the biota classes of the CATAMI classification. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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