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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 042003     Taxa superceded by 37 042001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hydrolagus lemures   (Whitley, 1939)
Rank:	Species
Attention: Non-current taxon. This record represents an old code which has been superseded by a new active CAAB code. See taxon notes for more details (if available).

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 42 Chimaeridae (Shortnose Chimaeras) - show full list Standard Name: Ogilby's Ghostshark Common Names List: blackfin ghostshark ghostshark Organism Type: a shortnose chimaera Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 042901     Hydrolagus spp. Previous Codes (if any): 042003, 37 042004, 042004

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 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [50] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 200 to 700 m.

Taxon Notes:	In a detailed study of morphological and molecular data, Finucci et al 2018 synonymised the Blackfin Ghostshark Hydrolagus lemures with Ogilby's Ghostshark, Chimaera ogilbyi.
Common/Standard Name Notes:	"ghostshark" is the marketing name for this species
Identifiers:	ITIS 564495 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271409 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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