Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 346073 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Randallichthys filamentosus (Fourmanoir, 1970)
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Image
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Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images- Image by:
- J.E. Randall
- Licence:
- Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
- Rights:
- J.E. Randall
- Family
- 37 346 Lutjanidae (Tropical Snappers) - show full list
- Standard Name
- [a tropical snapper]
- Common Names List
- Randall's snapper
- Organism Type
- a tropical snapper
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Slope Demersal (200-2000m) - Parent Codes
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37 346927
Randallichthys spp.
- Taxon Notes
- The first Australian record of this species was taken at 211m depth off Scott Reef (north-western Australia, eastern Indian Ocean, see Newman 2009); additional specimens have been collected from southern WA (Wakefield et al 2016) in 200-500m and off Lord Howe Island in 450-500m (iNaturalist).
- Distribution Map
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View detailed map
Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2023-09-18 - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 150 to 500 m.
- Record source and Scientific Name verified against
- Newman, S. J., 2009. First record of Randall's snapper (Perciformes: Lujanidae) from the eastern Indian Ocean (north-western Australia) , Journal of Fish Biology, Vol. 75: 1513-1517. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02382.x