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)  »  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 (AS5300): 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
Checked on: 2020-10-20
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)
Images:


Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images


Credit: 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
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