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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 109025 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Melanostomias pauciradius   Matsubara, 1938

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

Image by: T. Nakabo ed. 2002 - Fishes of Japan, with pictorial keys to the species. English Edition
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
Rights: T. Nakabo ed. 2002 - Fishes of Japan, with pictorial keys to the species. English Edition
Family: 37 109 Melanostomiidae (Scaleless Dragonfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Three-ray Dragonfish
Organism Type: a scaleless dragonfish
Synonyms: Melanostomias macrophotus
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes: 37 109905     Melanostomias spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
109025
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 500 to 2000 m.
Taxon Notes:Sometimes referred to as Melanostomias macrophotus. The true M. macrophotus might also occur in Australia but specimens are required to confirm its presence.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:86a22c96-b712-4064-9623-032e27b5ebe7
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 1799
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275165
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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