CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 098001     Taxa superceded by 37 098009 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Bathylagoides argyrogaster   (Norman, 1930)

Rank: Species
Attention: Non-current taxon. This record represents an old code which has been superseded by a new active CAAB code. See taxon notes for more details (if available).
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 98 Bathylagidae (Deepsea Smelts) - show full list
Standard Name
(AS 5300): 		Silver Deepsea Smelt
Common Names List: silver bigeyed smelt
Organism Type: a deepsea smelt
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Previous Codes
(if any):		 098001
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 125 to 175 m.
Taxon Notes:The only known Australian record attributed to Bathylagoides argyrogaster is SAMA F 2302 collected during the BANZARE expedition on 17 March 1931 off southwestern Tasmania (44 11 S, 143 36 E in a water depth of 4279m depth). Through xray and examination of other features, this specimen was confirmed as Bathylagichthys longipinnis by Ofer Gon & John Pogonoski in May 2022. There are no verified records of Bathylagoides argyrogaster outside the Atlantic Ocean.
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