CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Gadiformes (order) » Macrouridae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 232005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Lucigadus nigromaculatus (McCulloch, 1907)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 232 Macrouridae (Whiptails) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Blackspot Whiptail
Common Names List:	black-spotted whiptail
Organism Type:	a whiptail
Synonyms:	Ventrifossa nigromaculata
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 232915 Lucigadus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	232005, 37 232018, 232018

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 [343] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 200 to 1461 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

This taxon was formerly listed as Ventrifossa nigromaculata in CSIRO's Trawl Fishes Guide (May & Maxwell, 1986)

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:afd34110-ccd3-4ff6-ae41-e6d72efd24e0 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	4363 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281418 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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