CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 005001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 5 Hexanchidae (Cowsharks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Sharpnose Sevengill Shark
Common Names List:	sharpnose sevengill shark sharpnose seven-gill shark
Organism Type:	a cow shark
Synonyms:	Heptranchias dakini Whitley, 1931 (a junior synonymn of H. perlo)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 005901 Heptranchias spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	005001, 37 005003, 005003

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [383] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 100 to 1000 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2fc6a2af-1d07-4da0-8d8f-fe3f18da55c7 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2000 View at FoA
ITIS	159844 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105832 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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