CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Myctophiformes (order) » Myctophidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 122000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Myctophidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 122 Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	lanternfishes
Organism Type:	a lanternfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes:	37 990054 Myctophiformes
Child Codes:	37 122902 Benthosema spp. 37 122903 Bolinichthys spp. 37 122904 Centrobranchus spp. 37 122905 Ceratoscopelus spp. 37 122929 Ctenoscopelus spp. 37 122930 Dasyscopelus spp. 37 122906 Diaphus spp. 37 122907 Diogenichthys spp. 37 122901 Electrona spp. 37 122908 Gonichthys spp. 37 122909 Gymnoscopelus spp. 37 122928 Hintonia spp. 37 122910 Hygophum spp. 37 122911 Krefftichthys spp. 37 122912 Lampadena spp. 37 122913 Lampanyctodes spp. 37 122914 Lampanyctus spp. 37 122915 Lampichthys spp. 37 122916 Lobianchia spp. 37 122917 Loweina spp. 37 122918 Metelectrona spp. 37 122919 Myctophum spp. 37 122921 Notolychnus spp. 37 122922 Notoscopelus spp. 37 122923 Protomyctophum spp. 37 122924 Scopelopsis spp. 37 122925 Symbolophorus spp. 37 122926 Taaningichthys spp. 37 122927 Triphoturus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	122000, 37 122900, 122900

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Occurrence locations [215] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:260bcf06-77bf-4b57-b75b-6fd140be8f52 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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