CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Hexanchiformes (order) » Hexanchidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 005000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hexanchidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 5 Hexanchidae (Cowsharks) - show full list
Standard Name:	cowsharks
Common Names List:	sixgill sharks sevengill sharks cow sharks
Organism Type:	a cowshark
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes:	37 990049 Hexanchiformes
Child Codes:	37 005901 Heptranchias spp. 37 005902 Hexanchus spp. 37 005903 Notorynchus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	005000

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Occurrence locations [10] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8a3c8521-ff96-41d0-9694-e5abced85804 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105699 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-24 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report