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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Scorpaeniformes (order) » Setarchidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 37 287151 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Lythrichthys cypho Wada, Kai & Motomura, 2021 |
Rank: | Species |
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Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-01-20. Get expert distribution shapefile |
Taxon Notes: | In Australia, known from North West Shelf off Port Hedland (18°40ʹ S, 116°42ʹ E) north to SW of Scott Reefs (14°36ʹ S, 121°49ʹ E), Western Australia and on the east from S of Saumarez Reef (23 12 S, 153 37 E) and Norfolk Ridge in the Tasman Sea (26°25' S, 167°10' E) in 300-774 m depth. Outside of Australia occurs as shallow as 115m (Wada et al 2021). |
Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Wada, Hidetoshi, Kai, Yoshiaki, Motomura, Hiroyuki, 2021. Revision of the resurrected deepwater scorpionfish genus Lythrichthys Jordan and Starks 1904 (Setarchidae), with descriptions of two new species, Ichthyological Research, Vol. 68: 373-403. doi:10.1007/s10228-020-00793-z |