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Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Aulopiformes (order) » Pseudotrichonotidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 117007 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pseudotrichonotus belos Gill & Pogonoski, 2016
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 117 Pseudotrichonotidae (Sand diving lizardfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a sand diving lizardfish]
Organism Type:	a sand diving lizardfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m)

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-03-10.
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Expected species depth range is from 100 to 120 m.

Taxon Notes:	Described from 3 specimens collected from southwest of Exmouth Gulf (22 51’S 113 31’E) southwards to west of Shark Bay (25 56 S, 112 41 E), WA in 100-120m depth (Gill & Pogonoski 2016).

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	GILL, ANTHONY C., POGONOSKI, JOHN J., 2016. Pseudotrichonotus belos new species, first record of the fish family Pseudotrichonotidae from Australia (Teleostei: Aulopiformes), Zootaxa, Vol. 4205: 189. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.8

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