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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 067004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gnathophis nasutus   Karmovskaya & Paxton, 2000
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. Family: 37 67 Congridae (Conger Eels) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Bignose Conger Common Names List: dwarf eel Organism Type: a conger eel Synonyms: Gnathophis sp. [in ISR Munro Collection] 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): 067004

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 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [3] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 80 to 140 m.

Taxon Notes:	The species coded here was incorrectly attributed to CSIRO CA4011 in Sainsbury et al (1985). The animal pictured and described in Sainsbury et al (1985) as Gnathophis sp is CSIRO CA2720. This species features are also listed in Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola (1984). The species was described as Gnathophis nasutus by Karmovskaya & Paxton (2000) and CSIRO CA2720 is a paratype.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:69169ede-2ba6-49e4-9d7b-c561d2cba25d Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 3445 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271765 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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