CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 229001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: D.C. Arnold, 1956 - A systematic revision of the fishes of the teleost family Carapidae (Percomorphi, Blennioidea), with descriptions of two new species Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: D.C. Arnold, 1956 - A systematic revision of the fishes of the teleost family Carapidae (Percomorphi, Blennioidea), with descriptions of two new species
Family:	37 229 Carapidae (Pearlfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Graceful Pearlfish
Organism Type:	a pearlfish
Synonyms:	Carapus houlti
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Parent Codes:	37 229903 Encheliophis spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	229001, 37 229005, 229005

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
Occurrence locations [13] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 58 m.

Taxon Notes:

Includes taxon formerly identified as Carapus houlti (37 229005)

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:00e83953-ead3-4a08-a21e-c45bcc7ef535 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2872 View at FoA
ITIS	165120 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217828 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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