CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 020036 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Somniosus antarcticus   Whitley, 1939
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Image by: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) Rights: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Family: 37 20 Somniosidae (Sleeper Sharks) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Southern Sleeper Shark Common Names List: Pacific sleeper shark Organism Type: a dogfish Synonyms: Somniosus pacificus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Parent Codes: 37 020918     Somniosus spp. Previous Codes (if any): 020036

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-11-04. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 300 to 1440 m.

Scientific Name Notes:	Somniosus pacificus appears to be restricted to the North Pacific, and the correct name of the Australian species is S. antarcticus (see Yano, Stevens & Compagno, 2004).
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:38e5a475-11c7-488f-a53b-4b973bac74c3 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 1674 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344688 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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