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)  »  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:
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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)
Images:


Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images


Credit: 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
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