CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Ophidiiformes (order)  »  (family)

CAAB Code: 37 228000 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Bythitidae, Dinematichthyidae, Ophidiidae, Parabrotulidae  

Rank: Genus
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 228 (gelatinous cuskeels, cuskeels, live-bearing cusks & false cusks) - show full list
Standard Name: cuskeels, etc.
Common Names List: cusk eels & live-bearing cusks
aphyonids
brotulas
lings
cuskeels
gelatinous cusk eels
live-bearing brotulas
live-bearing cusks
false cusks
false cuskeels
Organism Type: a gelatinous cuskeel/cuskeel/live-bearing cusk/false cusk
Synonyms: Aphyonidae
Bythitidae
Dinematichthyidae
Ophidiidae
Parabrotulidae
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Previous Codes
(if any):		 228000, 37 228900, 228900
Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [36] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Taxon Notes:This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. Note that Møller 2016 placed Aphyonidae in the Bythitdae.
Scientific Name Notes:Originally a single family, split in more recent treatments.

Identifiers:
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1f51a9c6-2f07-472c-8e12-a28e897b2fcf
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
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