CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Carcharhiniformes (order) » Dichichthyidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 015036 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Dichichthys bigus (Séret & Last, 2007)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 15 Dichichthyidae - show full list
Standard Name:	Short-tail Catshark
Common Names List:	short-tail catshark
Organism Type:	a catshark
Synonyms:	Parmaturus sp. A [Last & Stevens, 1994]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 015915 Dichichthys spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	015036

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-09-23.
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Expected species depth range is from 590 to 881 m.

Taxon Notes:

Genus changed by White et al 2024 after resurrection of Dichichthys within the newly described Dichichthyidae.

Common/Standard Name Notes:

provisional common name (species not in standard names list)

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8e40ea61-dbf3-48c5-9f5b-4ec6e69aac66 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2024-11-01 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398257 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2024-11-01 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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