CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 120001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Paraulopus nigripinnis (Günther, 1878)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 120 Paraulopidae (Cucumberfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Blacktip Cucumberfish
Common Names List:	cucumberfish
Organism Type:	a cucumberfish
Synonyms:	Chlorophthalmus nigripinnis
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 120905 Paraulopus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	120001

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [1455] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 80 to 585 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Sato & Nakabo (2002) proposed a new genus (Paraulopus) and new family (Paraulopidae) for some Chlorophthalmus species including C. nigripinnis.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e5e193ca-6119-4611-8989-d4cec4838af8 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4350 View at FoA
ITIS	162433 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282131 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-03-17 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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