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 068031 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophichthus rutidoderma   (Bleeker, 1853)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: FAO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: FAO Family: 37 68 Ophichthidae (Snake Eels) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Olive Snake Eel Organism Type: a snake eel Synonyms: Ophichthus rutidodermatoides Ophichthus derbyensis Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 37 068915     Ophichthus spp. Previous Codes (if any): 068031

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. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 1 to 50 m.

Scientific Name Notes:	McCosker (2007: Smithiana Bulletin 7:3-7) reported that Ophisurus lumbricoides Bleeker 1853, Ophisurus rutidodermatoides Bleeker 1853, and Ophichthus derbyensis Whitley, 1941 are all considered to be junior synonyms of Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1853).
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6061f0ed-ef3f-4d85-92f1-1ebcb91713f3 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 2903 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271981 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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