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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 068054 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Scolecenchelys castlei   McCosker, 2006

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

Image by: J. McCosker, California Academy of Sciences
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
Rights: J. McCosker, California Academy of Sciences
Family: 37 68 Ophichthidae (Snake Eels) - show full list
Standard Name: [a snake eel]
Common Names List: Deepwater big-eyed worm-eel
Organism Type: a snake eel
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 068921     Scolecenchelys spp.
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 425 to 820 m.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6f80766d-c282-45af-b344-9b0bafb87464
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 1480
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282710
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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