CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 112005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Photostomias liemi Kenaley, 2009
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 112 Stomiidae (Scaly Dragonfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a scaly dragonfish]
Organism Type:	a scaly dragonfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Abyssopelagic (2000m+, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 112901 Photostomias spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 3000 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Kenaley (2009) recorded this species off the central Queensland coast (within the Australian EEZ).

Identifiers:

FoA	2703 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398366 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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