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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 251012 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Melamphaes occlusus   Kotlyar, 2012
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces 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, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic) Parent Codes: 37 251901     Melamphaes spp.

Taxon Notes:

Kotlyar (2012) described this species from a specimen taken on the Madagascar Ridge (bottom trawl, 1500-1610m). Kotlyar (2014) subsequently recorded a juvenile specimen from a midwater trawl (c. 150m depth) off WA (20 53'S, 113 08'E).

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Kotlyar, A.N., 2014. First finding of fry of the rare species Melamphaes occlusus (Melamphaidae) in the eastern part of the Indian Ocean., Journal of Ichthyology, Vol. 54, 1: 127-129.