CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

NCMI Information and Data Centre  »  Applications  »  CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota
Please login if you have access to particular applications.
Username:
Password:

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 118031 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Bathysaurus mollis   Günther, 1878

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 118 Bathysauridae (Deepsea Lizardfishes) - show full list
Standard Name: [a deepsea lizardfish]
Organism Type: a deepsea lizardfish
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Abyssal (2000m+)
Parent Codes: 37 118902     Bathysaurus spp.
 Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same.

Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-05-06.
 Get expert distribution shapefile
Expected species depth range is from 1589 to 4879 m.
Taxon Notes:Added based on CSIRO specimen collected from Great Australian Bight, SA in 3930-4250m depth. Also recorded from Christmas & Cocos Islands and Gascoyne region in 1589-4879 m depth.

Identifiers:
FoA 5326
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126370
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2025-05-06
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
<
NCMI Information and Data Centre  »  Applications  »  CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota