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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 228062 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Acanthonus myersi   (Cohen, 1961)
Rank:	species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. Family: 37 228 Ophidiidae (Cusk Eels) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Gargoyle Cusk Organism Type: a cusk eel Synonyms: Xyelacyba myersi [in most references prior to 2024] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Parent Codes: 37 228967     Acanthonus spp.

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 2024-07-23. Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 1100 to 1447 m.

Taxon Notes:	Girard et al 2024 synonymised the genus Xyelacyba with Acanthonus, so the correct name for this species is now Acanthonus myersi. In Australia, known from Christmas Island area (11° 24.04' S, 104° 55.07' E) and off NW Cape (21 54 S, 113 41 E) to Gascoyne region (23 00 S, 112 28 E) in 1100-1447m depth.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8b46caab-6b69-42b8-a25c-d736ba254f6d Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2024-07-23 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 3016 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158779 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2024-07-23 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Girard, M.G., Nonaka, A., Baldwin, C.C. and Johnson, G.D, 2024. Discovery and description of elaborate larval cusk-eels and the relationships among Acanthonus, Tauredophidium, and Xyelacyba (Teleostei: Ophidiidae), NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 24: 20-42. doi:10.7755/PP.24.3