CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 109028 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Opostomias micripnus (Günther, 1878)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 109 Melanostomiidae (Scaleless Dragonfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Obese Dragonfish
Organism Type:	a scaleless dragonfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 109906 Opostomias spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	109028, 37 109513, 109513, 37 109517, 109517, 37 109515, 109515

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
Occurrence locations [3] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 500 to 5000 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3d4ad1dc-b033-48d1-81cf-ad1a2cdde78c Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4433 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281925 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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