CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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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 228137 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Pycnocraspedum armatum   Gosline, 1954

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 228 Ophidiidae (Cusk Eels) - show full list
Standard Name: [a cusk eel]
Organism Type: a cusk eel
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 228951     Pycnocraspedum spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-06-16.
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Expected species depth range is from 201 to 515 m.
Taxon Notes:Added based on CSIRO specimen collected from NE of Lady Elliot Island (22 27.80 S, 153 45.73 E) in 340-342 m depth. Elsewhere, distributed from Japan to Hawaii and southward to New Caledonia, and possibly Central West Pacific in at least 199-515 m depth (Schwarzhans et al 2025).
Record source: Schwarzhans, W., Psomadakis, P.N. & Nielsen, J.G, 2025. Revision of the bathydemersal fish genus Pycnocraspedum (Ophidiidae; Teleostei), with description of two new species., Zootaxa, Vol. 5636, 3: 443-472. doi:10.11646%2Fzootaxa.5636.3.2
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