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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code:	37 251009 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Poromitra macrophthalma   (Gilchrist, 1903)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: J.D.F. Gilchrist, 1903 - Descriptions of new South African fishes Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: J.D.F. Gilchrist, 1903 - Descriptions of new South African fishes Family: 37 251 Melamphaidae (Bigscales) - show full list Standard Name: [a 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 251902     Poromitra spp.

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-11-02. Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 1500 m.

Scientific Name Notes:	The first Australian record of this species was documented by Kotlyar (2010: Poromitra revision, part 6), from off NSW, between Newcastle and Lord Howe Island.
Identifiers:	FoA 5032 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:712529 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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