CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Osmeriformes (order) » Alepocephalidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 114026 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Narcetes stomias (Gilbert, 1890)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 114 Alepocephalidae (Slickheads) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Blackhead Slickhead
Organism Type:	a slickhead
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Abyssal (2000m+)
Parent Codes:	37 114914 Narcetes spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-04-24.
Occurrence locations [3] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 1500 to 2300 m.

Taxon Notes:

The single Australian record may be just outside the EEZ but records within the EEZ are extremely likely.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:68346b9c-45f2-4b58-bec0-8dbfee769a8d Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4318 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126706 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report