Taxon Report

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CAAB Taxon Code: 37 114013
Scientific Name: Alepocephalus cf antipodianus

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces - Fishes
Family: 37 114 Alepocephalidae (slickheads)    show full list

Standard Name: Antipodean Slickhead
Suggested Indexable Form: not yet designated
Common Names List:
Organism Type: a slickhead

Other names used in Australia: Alepocephalus sp. 1; Alepocephalus sp. A; Alepocephalus cf productus [of Williams et al (1996)]

Taxon Notes: Some specimens coded here were actually A. australis. Furthermore A. cf antipodianus probably represents more than one species in Australian waters.
Scientific Name Notes: Species changed from 'sp. 1 [small scale, in ISR Munro collection]' to cf antipodianus based on identifications by Sazonov.
Common/Standard Name Notes:

Parent Codes (if any):
   37 114000 .. Alepocephalidae - undifferentiated .. slickheads
Child Codes (if any):
Previous Codes (if any):
  114013, 37 114010, 114010, 37 114506, 114506

Taxon status (on CAAB list):
   Taxon on current Australian list: Yes
   Taxon on commercial species list: No
   Taxon on Standard Fish Names List: No

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