CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes 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: 37 109 Melanostomiidae (Scaleless Dragonfishes) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): 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: View detailed map or click on map to see same. 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.

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