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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Ophidiiformes (order) » Ophidiidae (family)
| CAAB Code: | 37 228076 |
| Scientific Name and Authority: | Luciobrotula bartschi Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 |
| Rank: | Species |
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| Taxon Notes: | Updated from Luciobrotula sp. C (cf bartschi) after reidentification of CSIRO voucher specimen by Peter Møller in 2021. In Australia, only recorded from a few specimens from NW of Cape Leveque (14 36.89 S, 121 19.65 E) to West of Low Point (22 0.40 S, 113 43.72 E), WA in 550-790 m depth. Elsewhere, the species is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific. Nielsen (2009), in an addendum noted: "...an additional Luciobrotula specimen is the first record of the genus from Australian waters: Luciobrotula bartschi, H 6593-01, 126 mm SL, northwest of Cape Leveque, Western Australia, 14°36’S, 121°19’E, cruise SS0507, st. 147, bottom trawl, 698-705 m, 2 July 2007." | ||
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| Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Nielsen, J.G., 2009. A revision of the bathyal genus Luciobrotula (Teleostei, Ophidiidae) with two new species., Galathea Report, Vol. 22: 141-156. |