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CAAB Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Stomiiformes (order) » Idiacanthidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 113001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Idiacanthus fasciola Peters, 1877

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes	Distribution map: Expected distribution shown as red or purple polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Occurrence locations [17] shown as red or dark brown circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 500 to 3500 m.
Family:	Idiacanthidae (Black Dragonfishes) - show full list
Common Name:	Serpent Black Dragonfish
Common Names List:	Serpent Black Dragonfish gleaming-tailed seadragon
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Regions:	Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories)
Habitat:	Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 113901 Idiacanthus spp.
Organism Type:	a black dragonfish

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3eeb5bfc-2e87-4d50-937e-b755c98b0776 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
Fishes of Australia	1811 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at Fishes of Australia
ITIS (USA)	162300 View at ITIS
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127354 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-01-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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