CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Stephanoberyciformes (order) » Melamphaidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 251001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Scopeloberyx microlepis (Norman, 1937)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 251 Melamphaidae (Bigscales) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Southern Bigscale
Common Names List:	Smallerscale Bigscale small scaled crusthead
Organism Type:	a bigscale
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 251903 Scopeloberyx spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	251001

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

Expected species depth range is from 1500 to 3500 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:87544972-e78b-4008-b38c-b275d68e826d Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3738 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274941 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-01-21 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report