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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	37 251015 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Melamphaes proximus   Kotlyar, 2015
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, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic) Parent Codes: 37 251901     Melamphaes spp.

Taxon Notes:

Added based on paratype trawled from south-east of South East Isles (34°43′ S, 123°53′ E), Great Australian Bight, WA in 0-1825 m depth (Kotlyar 2015)

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Kotlyar, A.N., 2015. Revision of the genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae). 3. Oligo-raker species: M. proximus sp. n., M. contradictorius sp. n., and M. succedanaus sp. n., Voprosy Ikhtiologii , Vol. 55, 5: 509-520. . [In Russian, English translation in Journal of Ichthyology, v. 55 (5): 619-629] [509, fig. 1].