Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 108012 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Heterophotus ophistoma Regan & Trewavas, 1929
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Image
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Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images- Image by:
- Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
- Licence:
- Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
- Rights:
- Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO.
- Family
- 37 108 Astronesthidae (Snaggletooths) - show full list
- Standard Name
(AS 5300) - Wingfin Snaggletooth
- Organism Type
- a snaggletooth
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
- Parent Codes
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37 108904
Heterophotus spp.
- Previous Codes
(if any) - 108012
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:cdc5dbfd-355f-4c27-a931-2a324c956331
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living AustraliaFishes of Australia 4555
View at Fishes of AustraliaWorld Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158733
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Distribution Map
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View detailed map
Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2009-01-06 - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 500 to 2000 m.