CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 251003 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 251 Melamphaidae (Bigscales) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Shoulderspine Bigscale
Organism Type:	a bigscale
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 251901 Melamphaes spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	251003

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-07-07.
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Expected species depth range is from 500 to 2000 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:d81bfcbb-4494-4937-aef9-f5e2ef8b6851 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	3736 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127270 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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