CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 068023 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: D.S. Jordan & J.O. Snyder, 1901 - A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: D.S. Jordan & J.O. Snyder, 1901 - A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species
Family:	37 68 Ophichthidae (Snake Eels) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Narrow Worm Eel
Common Names List:	slender snake eel
Organism Type:	a snake eel
Synonyms:	Muraenichthys macropterus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes:	37 068921 Scolecenchelys spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	068023

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 50 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:28d6a45b-e0f9-47d4-96ad-d20a9bc17184 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3146 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282718 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-03-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report