CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 126004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Magnisudis prionosa (Rofen, 1963)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 126 Paralepididae (Barracudinas) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Duckbill Barracudina
Organism Type:	a barracudina
Synonyms:	Magnisudis atlantica Paralepis atlanticus Paralepis atlantica
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 126906 Magnisudis spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	126004

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
Occurrence locations [11] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 1000 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Species name changed from atlantica to prionosa based on advice from John Paxton.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6de9706b-beee-42b7-9016-5df20fbe8d64 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2793 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234591 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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