CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 126016 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Stemonosudis retrodorsalis   Ho, Russell, Graham & Psomadakis, 2019
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 126 Paralepididae (Barracudinas) - show full list Standard Name: [a barracudina] Organism Type: a barracudina Synonyms: Stemonosudis rothschildi [in AMS collection] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Parent Codes: 37 126908     Stemonosudis spp.

Taxon Notes:

In Australia, known from a single non-type specimen collected off Broken Bay, NSW, 33° 30'S, 152°04'E in 922-1015 m. The locality data given for this non-type in the description (Ho et al 2019:225) as "FRV Soela, sta. So 2/82/43,45, 18°44’S, 117°02’E, 210 km north west of Port Hedland, Northwest Shelf, Eastern Indian Ocean, 396–406 m, Engel trawl, 13 Apr 1982, coll. J. Paxton & M. McGrouther." is incorrect. Elsewhere, known from Indonesia and the Philippines in c. 40-514m depth (Ho et al 2019).

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