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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 067034 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Coloconger scholesi   Chan, 1967

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 Colocongridae (Short-tail Conger Eels) - show full list
Standard Name
(AS 5300)
:
Short-tail Conger
Organism Type: a short-tail conger eel
Synonyms: Coloconger raniceps cf. [in Williams et al 1996 WA slope checklist]
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 067908     Coloconger spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
37 067503, 067503
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-06-30.
Occurrence locations [51] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
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Expected species depth range is from 450 to 985 m.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:50dcb1f8-8eb5-4fd3-b8c2-4e14d4992ab4
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2025-04-14
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 3452
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217538
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2025-04-14
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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Scientific Name
verified against
:
Ho, H-C., Smith, D.G. & J.J. Pogonoski, 2025. Species of the Eel Family Colocongridae (Order Anguilliformes), with Description of a New Species, Ichthyology & Herpetology, Vol. 113, 1: 154-178. doi:10.1643/i2024034
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