CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 217006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gigantactis meadi 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, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) 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 850 to 1183 m.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on CSIRO specimens from Tasmania recorded by Pietsch, 2009.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:76425ca7-6783-4f38-b91c-36696216ca67 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2713 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272566 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report