CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 228048 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophidion genyopus (Ogilby, 1897)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 228 Ophidiidae (Cusk Eels) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Ravenous Cusk
Common Names List:	-eel
Organism Type:	a cusk eel
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 228945 Ophidion spp.

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 [85] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 16 to 300 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0b7e3e73-c2d2-4eca-baa7-a48b301dc870 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2862 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272822 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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