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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Osmeriformes (order)  »  Microstomatidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 097002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Microstoma australis   Gon & Stewart, 2014
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 97 Microstomatidae (Microstomatids) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Slender Smallmouth Organism Type: a smallmouth smelt Synonyms: Microstoma microstoma [in most references prior to 2014] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Shelf (0-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 097903     Microstoma spp. Previous Codes (if any): 097002, 37 058001, 058001

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 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [11] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 152 to 600 m.

Taxon Notes:	Gon & Stewart 2014 described Microstoma australis from the SW Pacific (off NSW, 32 to 35 deg S) and New Zealand, noting that Microstoma microstoma was restricted to the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7708f53a-e8be-4069-9ccb-5db3fa8ab2e9 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 2085 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:835169 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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