CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 228086 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Monomitopus vitiazi (Nielsen, 1971)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 228 Ophidiidae (Cusk Eels) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Spearcheek Cusk
Organism Type:	a cusk eel
Synonyms:	Monomitopus vityazi [mis-spelling]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 228941 Monomitopus spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2012-07-05.
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Expected species depth range is from 698 to 1023 m.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on record by Nielsen et al (1999).

Scientific Name Notes:

The species name is sometimes spelt 'vityazi' but 'vitiazi' is technically correct (see Catalog of Fishes online).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a0c6a488-dc89-4d0a-be58-ae5773a07b65 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272814 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-02-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report