CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 114046 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Leptochilichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 114 Alepocephalidae (Slickheads) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a slickhead]
Common Names List:	Vaillant's smooth-head Vaillant's smoothhead
Organism Type:	a slickhead
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 114910 Leptochilichthys spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2012-09-14.
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Expected species depth range is from 260 to 1400 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Machida & Shiogaki (1988) recorded this species from the Arafura Sea to the north of Australia (unknown if officially in Australian waters or not), and is included here due to the likelihood of its occurrence in Australian waters.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ee7413a6-4d8a-4a00-b9dc-34ed087ce904 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126723 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report