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Chaunax stigmaeus Fowler, 1946 
AphiaID: 159151

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Chaunacidae (Family) > Chaunax (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Chaunax Lowe, 1846
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

basis of record: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English redeye gaper  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Western Atlantic: from Georges Bank to Norfolk Canyon [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Habitat: Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Found at depths of 90- 730 m.  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159151
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Chaunax stigmaeus Fowler, 1946. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159151 on 2013-05-18
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