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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 110001 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Malacosteus niger   Ayres, 1848

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

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Family: 37 110 Malacosteidae (Loosejaws) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Black Loosejaw
Common Names List: blunthead dragonfish
Organism Type: a loosejaw
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes: 37 110902     Malacosteus spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
110001
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-04-25.
Occurrence locations [17] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Get expert distribution shapefile
Expected species depth range is from 500 to 3500 m.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d14d5357-0e9d-4b54-884c-75275da4a7b3
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 4770
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127358
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-11-17
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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