Species profile—Scatophagus argus (spotted scat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Scatophagidae (scats) → Scatophagus argus (spotted scat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Scatophagidae (scats)
- Scientific name
- Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Common name
- spotted scat
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27064
- Alternate name(s)
- spotted butterfish
tiger scat - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Marine
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27064
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.