Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 126014 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & 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
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Estuarine
Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)
Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Marine unspecified - Parent Codes
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37 126903
Lestidium spp.
- 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).
- Distribution Map
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2022-11-01 - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 20 to 908 m.
- 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