CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Lophiiformes (order) » Brachionichthyidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 209005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Brachionichthys australis Last, Gledhill & Holmes, 2007
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 209 Brachionichthyidae (Handfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	Australian handfish
Common Names List:	Australian handfish
Organism Type:	a handfish
Synonyms:	Brachionichthys sp. 2 [in Last, Scott & Talbot 1983, p252-3, fig 22.4] Brachionichthys sp. [in Hutchins & Swainston 1986, p34, fig 111] Brachionichthys sp. [in Gomon, Glover & Kuiter 1994, p283-4, fig 252]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 209901 Brachionichthys spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	209005

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 40 to 277 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f9dbbc54-6dc8-445f-a63e-0399f01c1465 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3976 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398421 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-01-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report