CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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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CAAB Code: 37 067503     Taxa superceded by 37 067034 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Coloconger cf raniceps [of Williams et al 1996]  

Rank: species
Attention: Non-current taxon. This record represents an old code which has been superseded by a new active CAAB code. See taxon notes for more details (if available).
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 67 Colocongridae (Short-tail Conger Eels) - show full list
Standard Name: [a conger eel]
Organism Type: a conger eel
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):		 067503
Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [9] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Taxon Notes:Made non-active and superceded by Coloconger scholesi (37 067034) after reidentification of voucher specimen (see Ho et al 2025).

Identifiers:
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217539
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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Record source and
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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