CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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
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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 Get expert distribution shapefile

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)

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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