CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	37 067002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gnathophis longicauda (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 67 Congridae (Conger Eels) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Little Conger
Common Names List:	little conger eel
Organism Type:	a conger eel
Synonyms:	Gnathophis longicaudatus [mis-spelling] Gnathophis longicaudus [mis-spelling] Gnathophis habenatus [mis-identification]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 067901 Gnathophis spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	067002

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

Expected species depth range is from 2 to 100 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

G. habenatus (Richardson, 1848) has been recorded only from NZ (see Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3f17f3e7-28ec-4055-a6e9-39e35a15b292 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3911 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271760 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-11-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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