CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 212011 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Halieutopsis echinoderma Ho, 2021
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 212 Ogcocephalidae (Seabats) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a seabat]
Organism Type:	a seabat
Synonyms:	Dibranchus sp. A [of P. Last] (in CAAB)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 212905 Halieutopsis spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-07-04.
Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 445 to 508 m.

Taxon Notes:	Updated from Dibranchus sp. A [of P. Last] after description of species (including CSIRO voucher specimen, now a paratype) by Ho 2021. In Australia, known from from east of Murray Island (09 51'S, 144 09'E) south to east of Gold Coast (28 03'S, 153 58'E), Qld in depths of 445-508m.

Record source:	Ho, Hsuan-Ching, 2021. Taxonomy and Distribution of the Deep-Sea Batfish Genus Halieutopsis (Teleostei: Ogcocephalidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 10: 34. doi:10.3390/jmse10010034

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