CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 122101 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Dasyscopelus spinosus (Steindachner, 1867)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 122 Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Spiny Lanternfish
Organism Type:	a lanternfish
Synonyms:	Myctophum spinosum
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	37 122930 Dasyscopelus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	122101

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2012-07-04.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 800 m.

Taxon Notes:	Updated from Myctophum spinosum after Martin et al 2018.

Record source:	Martin, Rene P., Olson, Emily E., Girard, Matthew G., Smith, Wm. Leo, Davis, Matthew P., 2018. Light in the darkness: New perspective on lanternfish relationships and classification using genomic and morphological data, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 121: 71-85. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.029

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report