CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 228110 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Holcomycteronus brucei (Dollo, 1906)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: C.T. Regan, 1878 - Antarctic fishes of the Scottish National Antarctic expedition Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: C.T. Regan, 1878 - Antarctic fishes of the Scottish National Antarctic expedition
Family:	37 228 Ophidiidae (Cusk Eels) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a gelatinous cuskeel]
Organism Type:	a gelatinous cuskeel
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Abyssal (2000m+)
Parent Codes:	37 228933 Holcomycteronus spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) .
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Expected species depth range is from 2840 to 3001 m.

Taxon Notes:

Anderson & Stein (2006) recorded this species off southern Tasmania, within the Australian EEZ.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ddc3c093-1574-40f8-934f-a2ed72e650fb Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2746 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234702 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report