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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Myctophiformes (order) » Myctophidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 37 122005 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Scopelopsis multipunctatus Brauer, 1906 |
CAAB category: | 37 - Pisces Fishes |
Distribution map:
![]() Expected distribution shown as red or purple polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Occurrence locations [60] shown as red or dark brown 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: | Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) - show full list | |
Common Name: | Multispot Lanternfish | |
Common Names List: | Multispot Lanternfish speckled lanternfish | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) New Zealand (inc. subantarctic territories) | |
Habitat: |
Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) | |
Parent Codes: |
37 122924
Scopelopsis spp. | |
Organism Type: | a lanternfish |
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