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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 042008 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Chimaera lignaria   Didier, 2002

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

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Family: 37 42 Chimaeridae (Shortnose Chimaeras) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Giant Chimaera
Common Names List: giant chimaera
ghostshark
carpenter's chimaera
Organism Type: a shortnose chimaera
Synonyms: Chimaera sp. D [in 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)
:
042008, 37 042507, 042507
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 400 to 1800 m.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:97f43c96-a915-42b2-a04f-2474afc37ba3
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 3597
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271398
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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