CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Squaliformes (order) » Etmopteridae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 020027 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 20 Etmopteridae (Lantern Sharks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Smooth Lanternshark
Common Names List:	smooth lantern shark
Organism Type:	a dogfish
Synonyms:	Etmopterus sp. A [in Last & Stevens, 1994]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 020907 Etmopterus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	020027

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

Expected species depth range is from 435 to 1440 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0ca793d8-045d-4076-9e07-fbdec7bdb30b Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3506 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215605 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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