CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Perciformes (order)  »  Channichthyidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 407791 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Champsocephalus gunnari   Lönnberg, 1905
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Image by: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) Rights: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Family: 37 407 Channichthyidae (Crocodile Icefishes) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Mackerel Icefish Common Names List: mackerel icefish blunt scalyhead> Organism Type: a crocodile icefish Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Parent Codes: 37 407902     Champsocephalus spp. Previous Codes (if any): 407791

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 2022-08-23. Occurrence locations [7] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 700 m.

Taxon Notes:

This taxon does not occur in the wild in Australian waters, but is entered in CAAB as commercially obtainable in Australia in imported form. The Australian Standard Name of Mackerel Icefish was approved by the Fish Names Committee at FNC Meeting 31 held on 15 March 2017.

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