CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 132005 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Cetomimus papilio   Su, Paxton, Trnski & Ho, 2026

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:
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Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)
Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes: 37 132905     Cetomimus spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-07-15.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 1007 m.
Taxon Notes:Known from Japan, the South Atlantic and southeastern Australia in capture depths of 0–3329 m. In Australian waters, only known from off Jervis Bay, NSW (35°41' S, 150°42' E), captured in a depth range of 0-1007 m (Su et al 2026).
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Su, Y., Paxton, J.R., Trnski, T. & Ho, H.-C., 2026. A new species of the whalefish genus Cetomimus, with comments and a key to the congeners (Actinopterygii: Cetomimidae)., Journal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111%2Fjfb.70561
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