CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Lampriformes (order) » Trachipteridae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 271005 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Zu elongatus Heemstra & Kannemeyer, 1984
Rank:	species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Organism Type:	a ribbonfish
Synonyms:	Zu cristatus [misidentification, in part]
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.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-08-12.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 1133 m.

Taxon Notes:	Added based on Australian records from off Stanley (c. 40.8 S, 145.3 E - QVM specimen) and the Lord Howe Rise (33° 13' S, 162° 11' E - CSIRO specimen) noted in Martin & Hilton (2021). Also known from the Cascade Plateau off eastern Tasmania. Recorded from the Southeastern Atlantic: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa); Indian Ocean; southwestern Pacific: Australia & New Zealand (Catalog of Fishes; Martin & Hilton 2021). Likely to be more widespread in the Australian region. Recorded from bottom depths of 411-1133m (Martin & Hilton 2021).

Record source and Scientific Name verified against:	Martin, J. M. & Hilton, E.J. , 2021. A taxonomic review of the family Trachipteridae (Acanthomorpha: Lampridiformes), with an emphasis on taxa distributed in the western Pacific Ocean, Zootaxa, Vol. 5039, 3: 301-351. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5039.3.1

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