CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Stomiiformes (order)  »  Phosichthyidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 106002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Phosichthys argenteus   (Hutton, 1872)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. Family: 37 106 Phosichthyidae (Lightfishes) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Silver Lightfish Common Names List: silver lightfish Organism Type: a lightfish Synonyms: Photichthys argenteus 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 106907     Phosichthys spp. Previous Codes (if any): 106002, 37 106505, 106505

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 2022-11-04. Occurrence locations [145] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 300 to 1050 m.

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:dfffa955-e549-4f7f-924d-5a185a735a69 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 3398 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220007 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Images:

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Credit: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike