CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	37 015019 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Apristurus bucephalus White, Last & Pogonoski, 2008
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 15 Pentanchidae (Deepwater Catsharks) - show full list
Standard Name:	Bighead Catshark
Common Names List:	bighead catshark
Organism Type:	a catshark
Synonyms:	Apristurus sp. F [in Last & Stevens, 1994]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 015901 Apristurus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	015019

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 [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 920 to 1140 m.

Common/Standard Name Notes:

provisional common name (species not in standard names list)

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a9791519-cd38-4852-8fae-19e03cf39167 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2616 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398237 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report