CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 217003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gigantactis gargantua   Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: H.-C. Ho, National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: H.-C. Ho, National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium Family: 37 217 Gigantactinidae (Whipnose Anglerfishes) - show full list Standard Name: [a whipnose anglerfish] Organism Type: a whipnose anglerfish 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 217901     Gigantactis spp.

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) . Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 500 to 1300 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added after south-eastern Australian records noted in Gomon et al 2008 (Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast) and Pietsch, 2009 (Oceanic Anglerfishes).
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:349df0df-9db2-4285-a923-7db2b05bd58a Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 1944 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272560 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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