CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 232101 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hymenocephalus aeger Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 232 Macrouridae (Whiptails) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Plaintail Whiptail
Organism Type:	a whiptail
Synonyms:	Hymenocephalus striatissimus aeger
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 232910 Hymenocephalus spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
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Expected species depth range is from 550 to 612 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

Correct scientific name uncertain - see Iwamoto & Williams (1999); Schwarzhans (2014).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:69f55dbb-acf6-45a4-a3b6-70634aa13687 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3785 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398384 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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