CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 123015 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Bathymicrops regis   Hjort & Koefoed, 1912
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 123 Ipnopidae (Spiderfishes) - show full list Standard Name: [a spiderfish] Organism Type: a spiderfish Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Abyssal (2000m+) Parent Codes: 37 123904     Bathymicrops 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 2022-08-22. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 3300 to 4766 m.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on an NMV specimen collected in 2021 from south of Christmas I (10 58.50' S, 105 25.50' E) in 4766m depth. A circumglobal species in tropical and warm temperate seas (except for eastern Pacific). Known from 3300 - 5782m depth.

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