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)  »  Lophiiformes (order)  »  Ogcocephalidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 212050 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Malthopsis parva   Ho, Roberts & Shao, 2013

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 212 Ogcocephalidae (Seabats) - show full list
Standard Name: [a seabat]
Organism Type: a seabat
Synonyms: Malthopsis sp NFZ3 [NORFANZ reports]
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 212906     Malthopsis spp.
 Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-09-22.
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Expected species depth range is from 420 to 677 m.
Taxon Notes:Added based on CSIRO record from Lord Howe Rise (31 45 S, 159 21 E, beam trawl with depth range 565-960m). Also known from the seamounts and ridges north of New Zealand and south of New Caledonia, Southwestern Pacific in 372-677m.

Identifiers:
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:835046
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-01-21
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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