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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Anguilliformes (order)  »  Moringuidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 057007 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Moringua macrochir   Bleeker 1853
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 57 Moringuidae (Spaghetti Eels) - show full list Standard Name: [a spaghetti eel] Organism Type: a spaghetti eel Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 37 057901     Moringua spp.

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 2022-02-02. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 15 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added based on a WAM leptocephalus (c. 12mm) from west of Rottnest Island, WA, identified by Castle 1965 (Moringuid Leptocephali in Australasian waters) and from Christmas Island record in checklist of Allen et al 2007.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275437 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2018-11-19 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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