CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 126014 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Lestidium nigrirostrum Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 126 Paralepididae (Barracudinas) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a barracudina]
Organism Type:	a barracudina
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Estuarine Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	37 126903 Lestidium spp.

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Expected species depth range is from 20 to 908 m.

Taxon Notes:	Described from specimens collected from the Marion Plateau, Qld (17 30 S, 150 41 E) southwards to off Gabo Island, Victoria (37 40 S, 150 15 E) in gears fishing from 20-908m depth. Also tentatively identified from off Rowley Shoals (17 50 S, 150 41 E), WA (Ho et al 2020).

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Ho, H-C., Graham, K. & Russell, B., 2020. Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific, Zootaxa, Vol. 4767, 1: 071-088. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3

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