CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 107017 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Polyipnus spinosus Günther, 1887
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: G.B. Goode & T.H. Bean, 1896 - Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: G.B. Goode & T.H. Bean, 1896 - Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic
Family:	37 107 Sternoptychidae (Hatchetfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Spiny Hatchetfish
Organism Type:	a hatchetfish
Synonyms:	Sternoptyx spinosus [incorrect entry on CAAB]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 107904 Polyipnus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	107017

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 0 to 500 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:49aa02b0-efb5-4acf-821b-253bc4ead3d2 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3948 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274998 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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