{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Heemstra & Kannemeyer, 1984","RecordModifiedOn":"2025-08-12","CAAB_code":"37271005","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Added based on Australian records from off Stanley (c. 40.8 S, 145.3 E - QVM specimen) and the Lord Howe Rise (33° 13' S, 162° 11' E - CSIRO specimen) noted in Martin & Hilton (2021). Also known from the Cascade Plateau off eastern Tasmania. Recorded from the Southeastern Atlantic: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa); Indian Ocean; southwestern Pacific: Australia & New Zealand (Catalog of Fishes; Martin & Hilton 2021). Likely to be more widespread in the Australian region. Recorded from bottom depths of 411-1133m (Martin & Hilton 2021).","habitat":"Pelagic, Shelf (0-200m)<br>Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)<br>Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)<br>Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Martin, J. M. & Hilton, E.J. \r\n , 2021. A taxonomic review of the family Trachipteridae (Acanthomorpha: Lampridiformes), with an emphasis on taxa distributed in the western Pacific Ocean, <i>Zootaxa</i>, Vol. 5039, 3: 301-351. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5039.3.1\">doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5039.3.1</a>","Parent_Id":"","scientificName":"Zu elongatus","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Lampriformes","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Martin, J. M. & Hilton, E.J. \r\n , 2021. A taxonomic review of the family Trachipteridae (Acanthomorpha: Lampridiformes), with an emphasis on taxa distributed in the western Pacific Ocean, <i>Zootaxa</i>, Vol. 5039, 3: 301-351. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5039.3.1\">doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5039.3.1</a>","vernacularName":"[a ribbonfish]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2025-08-12","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"","family":"Trachipteridae","standardName":"","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"","CAAB_status":"Valid"}