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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Notacanthiformes (order) » Notacanthidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 083002 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Notacanthus chemnitzii Bloch, 1788 |
| CAAB category: | 37 - Pisces Fishes |
Distribution map:
 Expected distribution shown as red polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Occurrence locations [21] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) @CSIRO 2021 | ||
| Family: | Notacanthidae (Spiny Eels) - show full list | |
| Common Name: | Cosmopolitan Spineback | |
| Common Names List: | Cosmopolitan Spineback | |
| Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
 Commercial species list:  Standard Fish Names List: | |
| Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
| Habitat: |
Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) | |
| Parent Codes: |
37 083901
Notacanthus spp. | |
| Organism Type: | a spiny eel |
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