CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 059003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Kaupichthys diodontus   Schultz, 1943
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: J.E. Randall Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: J.E. Randall Family: 37 59 Chlopsidae (False Moray Eels) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Plain False Moray Common Names List: plain false moray Organism Type: a false moray eel Synonyms: Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman, 1896) Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 059901     Kaupichthys spp. Previous Codes (if any): 059003

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 56 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömman, 1896), a name previously used for the Australian species, is probably restricted to the Western Atlantic (see Randall et al 1997).

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8f0e649d-c9d4-4c7c-9e72-849e5a77ca73 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 3438 View at FoA ITIS 161152 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221384 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-03-09 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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