CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Holocephali (class) » Chimaeriformes (order) » Chimaeridae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 042005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & White, 2008
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 42 Chimaeridae (Shortnose Chimaeras) - show full list
Standard Name:	Southern Chimaera
Common Names List:	southern chimaera ghostshark deepwater ghost shark
Organism Type:	a shortnose chimaera
Synonyms:	Hydrolagus sp. [Last et al 1983] Chimaera sp. 1 [in May & Maxwell, 1986] Chimaera 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 042902 Chimaera spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	042005, 37 042506, 042506

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

Expected species depth range is from 780 to 1095 m.

Common/Standard Name Notes:

"ghostshark" is the marketing name for this species. Provisional common name (species not in standard names list)

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a5457238-8ae5-4edc-9eb8-9c58b696c6dd Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2662 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398336 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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