CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 106027 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Polymetme illustris McCulloch, 1926
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: A.R. McCulloch, 1926 - Report on some fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part V Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: A.R. McCulloch, 1926 - Report on some fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour" on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part V
Family:	37 106 Phosichthyidae (Lightfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Brilliant Lightfish
Organism Type:	a bristlemouth
Synonyms:	Polymetme corythaeola [mis-identification]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 106908 Polymetme spp.

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 230 to 822 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f7d4c910-9d95-414e-ab4a-9393bdfd7fbb Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3934 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274959 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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