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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 232139 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
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Macrourus caml   McMillan, Iwamoto, Stewart & Smith, 2012

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 232 Macrouridae (Whiptails) - show full list
Standard Name: [a whiptail]
Organism Type: a whiptail
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Abyssal (2000m+)
Parent Codes: 37 232901     Macrourus spp.
Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-05-31.
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Expected species depth range is from 350 to 2080 m.
Taxon Notes:Added based on CSIRO records (specimen donated by Australian Antarctic Division) from Heard & McDonald Island territory identified by Peter McMillan in 2016. These specimens were collected in 970-1170m, but the species is known from 350-2080m.

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:55a5eaf6-54ca-462e-b63a-0e616a53b6ce
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712470
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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