CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Beryciformes (order)  »  Berycidae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 258009 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Beryx mollis   Abe, 1959

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 258 Berycidae (Alfonsinos) - show full list
Standard Name: [an alfonsino]
Organism Type: an alfonsino
Synonyms: Beryx splendens [in part]
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 258901     Beryx spp.
 Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-09-15.
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Expected species depth range is from 398 to 528 m.
Taxon Notes:Added based on CSIRO specimens from SE of Montague Island (36 18.57 S, 150 20.83 E), NSW to east of Wilsons Promontory (39° 6' 29.4" S, 148° 39' 7.8" E), Victoria in 398 to at least 528 m. Previously confused with Beryx splendens, which also occurs in Australia. Beryx mollis is widespread from off Somalia, Western Indian Ocean north to Japan and east to the Nazca Ridge, southeastern Pacific (Catalog of Fishes, 2025). It is likely more widespread in Australia than currently recognised.
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