CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 251008 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Poromitra glochidiata Kotlyar, 2008
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: A. Kotlyar, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: A. Kotlyar, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Family:	37 251 Melamphaidae (Bigscales) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a bigscale]
Organism Type:	a bigscale
Synonyms:	Poromitra crassiceps
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 251902 Poromitra spp.

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2009-01-06.
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Expected species depth range is from 1140 to 1250 m.

Taxon Notes:

Described from a single specimen collected off the Great Australian Bight (WA) in approx. 1200m depth.

Identifiers:

FoA	2706 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:474948 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report