CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 217004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gigantactis kreffti Bertelsen, Pietsch & Lavenberg, 1981
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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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, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 217901 Gigantactis spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) .
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Expected species depth range is from 1000 to 2000 m.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on CSIRO record from Tasmania in Pietsch (2009, Oceanic Anglerfishes).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:85c66712-af2c-4731-b9cd-4a9b54e0e03e Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4950 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221407 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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