{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Gosline, 1954","RecordModifiedOn":"2026-06-16","CAAB_code":"37228137","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Added based on CSIRO specimen collected from NE of Lady Elliot Island (22 27.80 S, 153 45.73 E) in 340-342 m depth. Elsewhere, distributed from Japan to Hawaii and southward to New Caledonia, and possibly Central West Pacific in at least 199-515 m depth (Schwarzhans et al 2025).","habitat":"Slope Demersal (200-2000m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"","Parent_Id":"","scientificName":"Pycnocraspedum armatum","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Ophidiiformes","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Schwarzhans, W., Psomadakis, P.N. & Nielsen, J.G, 2025. Revision of the bathydemersal fish genus <i>Pycnocraspedum</i> (Ophidiidae; Teleostei), with description of two new species., <i>Zootaxa</i>, Vol. 5636, 3: 443-472. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.11646&#x25;2Fzootaxa.5636.3.2\">doi:10.11646&#x25;2Fzootaxa.5636.3.2</a>","vernacularName":"[a cusk eel]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2026-06-16","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"","family":"Ophidiidae","standardName":"","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"","CAAB_status":"Valid"}