Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 232101 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Hymenocephalus aeger Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Image
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Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images- Image by:
- Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
- Licence:
- Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
- Rights:
- Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO.
- Family
- 37 232 Macrouridae (Whiptails) - show full list
- Standard Name
(AS 5300) - Plaintail Whiptail
- Organism Type
- a whiptail
- Synonyms
- Hymenocephalus striatissimus aeger
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
- Parent Codes
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37 232910
Hymenocephalus spp.
- Scientific Name Notes
- Correct scientific name uncertain - see Iwamoto & Williams (1999); Schwarzhans (2014).
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (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 AustraliaFishes of Australia 3785
View at Fishes of AustraliaWorld Register of Marine Species 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)
- Distribution Map
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View detailed map
Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2008-11-19 - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 550 to 612 m.