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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 228030 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Bidenichthys paxtoni   (Nielsen & Cohen, 1986)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 228 Bythitidae (Live-bearing Cusks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300): Baldhead Cusk
Organism Type: a live-bearing cusk
Synonyms: Melodichthys paxtoni Fiordichthys paxtoni
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 228929     Bidenichthys spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
:
228030
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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Expected species depth range is from 165 to 275 m.
Scientific Name Notes:See Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Møller (2004) & Møller & Nielsen (2015, NZ book) re generic placement.

Identifiers:
FoA 1878
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398398
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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