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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 098011 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Bathylagus niger   Kobyliansky, 2006
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 98 Bathylagidae (Deepsea Smelts) - show full list Standard Name: [a deepsea smelt] Organism Type: a deepsea smelt Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic) Parent Codes: 37 098903     Bathylagus spp.

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 2022-04-12. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 200 to 1560 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added based on record from south of Macquarie I, 59 40 S, 158 10 E in species description. Known from 44 to 59 S in Southern Ocean in depths of 200-1560m (catches without a closing of the trawl), including CSIRO specimens from near Macquarie Island.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272917 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-04-01 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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