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 Code:	37 109043 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Photonectes sphaerolampas   Prokofiev & Klepadlo, 2019
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 109 Melanostomiidae (Scaleless Dragonfishes) - show full list Standard Name: [a scaleless dragonfish] Organism Type: a scaleless dragonfish Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Parent Codes: 37 109908     Photonectes spp.

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 2021-01-22. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 200 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added after description - type specimens from northern Qld (12 40 S, 144 01 E) in 0-120m depth. Also known from the equatorial Pacific, east of Line Islands (00 01 S, 139 41 W) in 200m depth.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1493991 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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