CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 122108 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Bolinichthys distofax   Johnson, 1975
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 122 Myctophidae (Lanternfishes) - show full list Standard Name: [a lanternfish] Organism Type: a lanternfish Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Parent Codes: 37 122903     Bolinichthys 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) . Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 100 to 700 m.

Taxon Notes:	This species was first recorded from Australian waters (Coral Sea, within Australian EEZ) by Hulley & Duhamel (2009).
Identifiers:	FoA 2717 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272649 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

<