CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Aulopiformes (order) » Giganturidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 139002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gigantura indica Brauer, 1901
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 139 Giganturidae (Telescopefishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Indian Telescopefish
Organism Type:	a telescopefish
Synonyms:	Rosaura indica
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 139901 Gigantura spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	139002

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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Expected species depth range is from 17 to 2100 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9c667060-aada-45df-837c-c144a72bc2a9 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2788 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158858 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report