CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Cetomimiformes (order) » Cetomimidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 132003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Cetostoma regani Zugmayer, 1914
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 132 Cetomimidae (Whalefishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a whalefish]
Common Names List:	Pink flabby whalefish
Organism Type:	a whalefish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 132901 Cetostoma spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2012-07-04.
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Expected species depth range is from 820 to 1000 m.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on CSIRO record from SE of Pedra Branca (off southern Tasmania within the Australian EEZ).

Identifiers:

FoA	5087 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126406 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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