CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 044002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Rhinochimaera pacifica (Mitsukuri, 1895)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 44 Rhinochimaeridae (Spookfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Pacific Spookfish
Common Names List:	Pacific spookfish
Organism Type:	a spookfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 044902 Rhinochimaera spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	044002, 37 044503, 044503, 37 044502, 044502

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

Expected species depth range is from 760 to 1290 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f800d486-836a-48f7-ac0d-bce970de9fbb Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	1987 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271420 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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