CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
37 227002 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Merluccius australis   (Hutton, 1872)
Rank
Species
CAAB category
37 - Pisces Fishes
Image
Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images
Image by:
Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Licence:
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
Rights:
Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO.
Family
37 227 Merlucciidae (Hakes) - show full list
Standard Name
(AS 5300)
Southern Hake
Common Names List
southern hake
Organism Type
a hake
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes
37 227900     Merluccius spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
227002
Taxon Notes
According to Deli Antoni et al 2015, Merluccius tasmanicus (described from New Zealand in 2006) is a junior synonym of Merluccius australis.
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e0a5d2a2-2626-4cfe-b418-bb4d8f8bb8e6
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
Fishes of Australia 2858
View at Fishes of Australia
ITIS (USA) 164797
View at ITIS
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272452
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-01-11
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Distribution Map

Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2008-11-19
Get expert distribution shapefile
Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Distribution Data
Expected species depth range is from 440 to 1029 m.
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