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 229018 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Snyderidia canina   Gilbert, 1905

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 229 Carapidae (Pearlfishes) - show full list
Standard Name: [a pearlfish]
Organism Type: a pearlfish
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 229907     Snyderidia spp.
 Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-08-23.
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Expected species depth range is from 320 to 410 m.
Taxon Notes:Added based on CSIRO specimens from 320-410m depth off Cocos (Keeling) Island, within Australian EEZ (identified by J.Pogonoski, June 2011). Also collected from Muirfield seamount (13° 13.26' S, 96° 6.69' E) south of Cocos Keeling in 2022.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:40c8c96d-124b-4525-980c-074768c960b4
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2025-09-18
View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA 4783
View at FoA
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282817
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2025-09-18
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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