CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
37 271003 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Zu cristatus   (Bonelli, 1820)
Rank
Species
CAAB category
37 - Pisces Fishes
Image
Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images
Image by:
Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Licence:
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
Rights:
Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
Family
37 271 Trachipteridae (Ribbonfishes) - show full list
Standard Name
(AS 5300)
Scalloped Ribbonfish
Organism Type
a ribbonfish
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Pelagic, Shelf (0-200m)
Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)
Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Pelagic, Bathypelagic (1000-2000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes
37 271902     Zu spp.
Previous Codes
(if any)
271003
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:21e865c3-851a-4f77-81e9-ed902596c6a7
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
Fishes of Australia 1873
View at Fishes of Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126529
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Distribution Map

Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2025-08-12
Distribution Data
Expected species depth range is from 0 to 1200 m.