CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 439010 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 439 Gempylidae (Gemfishes) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Snake Mackerel
Organism Type:	a gemfish
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic) Pelagic, Mesopelagic (200-1000m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 439903 Gempylus spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	439010, 37 439504, 439504

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [14] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 725 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ba2193ae-e41b-446d-880d-01f89e53ef1a Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	2529 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at FoA
ITIS	172360 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126862 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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