CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 109030 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Photonectes albipennis (Döderlein, 1882)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 109 Melanostomiidae (Scaleless Dragonfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Whitepen 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 109908 Photonectes spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	109030, 37 109508, 109508

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 [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 30 to 2000 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:adb381c8-9105-4147-9e5a-fa11cb2a61b2 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4435 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275171 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report