CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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
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Family:	37 106 Phosichthyidae (Lightfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	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:
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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 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)

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