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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 228112 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Pseudonus squamiceps   Lloyd, 1907
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: L. Radcliffe, 1913 - Descriptions of seven new genera and thirty-one new species of fishes of the families Brotulidae and Carapidae from the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: L. Radcliffe, 1913 - Descriptions of seven new genera and thirty-one new species of fishes of the families Brotulidae and Carapidae from the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies Family: 37 228 Bythitidae (Live-bearing Cusks) - 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: Slope Demersal (200-2000m) Parent Codes: 37 228950     Pseudonus 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) . Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 693 to 705 m.

Scientific Name Notes:	Nielsen (2011) revised the genus Pseudonus, and recorded the first Australian records of the genus (P. squamiceps) from off NW Australia (specimens in NMV & CSIRO collections).
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:c2ea1b10-b416-451b-9191-f04b3190393e Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 4813 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282460 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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