CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 210002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Lophichthys boschmai Boeseman, 1964
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 210 Lophichthyidae (Straightback Frogfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Boschma's Anglerfish
Common Names List:	netted anglerfish
Organism Type:	a straightback frogfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 210909 Lophichthys spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	210002

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
Occurrence locations [2] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 200 m.

Taxon Notes:

Previously placed in the family Antennariidae.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9abf121e-629d-402b-a9fb-5b3fc33f84ba Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4625 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281390 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