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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 108002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Astronesthes niger   Richardson, 1845
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 108 Astronesthidae (Snaggletooths) - show full list Standard Name: [a snaggletooth] Organism Type: a snaggletooth Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 37 108901     Astronesthes spp. Previous Codes (if any): 108002

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Occurrence locations [13] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Expected species depth range is from 500 to 2000 m.

Taxon Notes:	Parin & Borodulina, 2002 regarded Astronesthes niger as a North Atlantic species, but Gomon et al 2008 included it in their Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast book. The distribution of this species needs further investigation.
Identifiers:	FoA 4881 View at FoA ITIS 162235 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127328 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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