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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 Image by: NORFANZ Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: NORFANZ 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: View detailed map or click on map to see same. 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 Get expert distribution shapefile 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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