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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 228014 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Aphyonus gelatinosus   Günther, 1878

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images

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Family: 37 228 Bythitidae (Live-bearing Cusks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Gelatinous Blindfish
Organism Type: a gelatinous cuskeel
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Abyssal (2000m+)
Parent Codes: 37 228905     Aphyonus spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
228014
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [3] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records
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Expected species depth range is from 1143 to 1920 m.
Taxon Notes:In Australia, this species is currently known from off Cape York, Qld (12 08 S, 145 10 E) southwards to eastern Tasmania (41 42 S, 148 43 E), in 1013-2550m depth (Nielsen et al 2019).

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e81563a9-2ec8-40d4-8dec-ea353bb0abf3
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 4070
View at FoA
ITIS 164813
View at ITIS
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126646
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2020-01-08
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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