CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 068047 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophichthus urolophus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 68 Ophichthidae (Snake Eels) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Manetail Snake Eel
Organism Type:	a snake eel
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 068915 Ophichthus spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2014-08-12.
Occurrence locations [7] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 298 to 420 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:44e68637-0649-4556-9303-83c317243486 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2905 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271989 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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