CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 107026 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Polyipnus unispinus   Schultz, 1938

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 107 Sternoptychidae (Hatchetfishes) - show full list
Standard Name: [a hatchetfish]
Organism Type: a hatchetfish
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes: 37 107904     Polyipnus spp.
 Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-09-16.
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Expected species depth range is from 50 to 1000 m.
Taxon Notes:Added based on CSIRO specimens collected from west of Exmouth Gulf (22 01.25 S, 113 40.56 E) to NW of Point Cloates (22 18.75 S, 113 12.77 E), WA over bottom depths of 704-1556 m. Harold et al 2015 (NZ fishes book) noted occurrence in mesopelagic depths of 300-1000m by day, to 50m at night.
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