CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 132004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Danacetichthys galathenus   Paxton, 1989
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 132 Cetomimidae (Whalefishes) - show full list Standard Name: [a 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 132904     Danacetichthys spp.

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-05-31. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 1000 to 2000 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added based on NMV specimen collected in a beam trawl east of Bermagui (36 19 S, 150 39 E) over 2687 m depth in May 2017.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280482 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-06-24 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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