CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 215004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Himantolophus stewarti Pietsch & Kenaley, 2011
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 215 Himantolophidae (Footballfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a footballfish]
Organism Type:	a footballfish
Synonyms:	Himantolophus appelii [in most references prior to 2012]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 215901 Himantolophus spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-12.
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Expected species depth range is from 400 to 1413 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

H. stewarti was a previously undetected cryptic species within H. appelii. Both species are present in southern Australia.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4343e6bd-815c-4b8e-a3ba-782791db9db8 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4802 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712518 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