CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 068003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Scolecenchelys australis   (Macleay, 1881)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: A.R. McCulloch, 1911 - Report on the fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour," on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Part I Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: A.R. McCulloch, 1911 - Report on the fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour," on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Part I Family: 37 68 Ophichthidae (Snake Eels) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Shortfin Worm Eel Common Names List: southern worm eel Organism Type: a snake eel Synonyms: Muraenichthys tasmaniensis Muraenichthys australis Scolecenchelys iredalei Scolecenchelys lengomena Scolecenchelys lingowenah Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 068921     Scolecenchelys spp. Previous Codes (if any): 068003, 37 068005, 068005, 37 068006, 068006, 37 068008, 068008

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 2009-01-06. Occurrence locations [17] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 2 to 50 m.

Taxon Notes:

Includes taxa formerly identified as Muraenichthys tasmaniensis (37 068008), Scolecenchelys iredalei (37 068021), Scolecenchelys lingowenah (37 068006) and Scolecenchelys lengomena (37 068005).

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1df29ec2-319a-47ba-900c-3ad6fc5c3f3f Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 3149 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282707 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)