WoRMS taxon details

Chaunax Lowe, 1846

125796  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125796)

accepted
Genus
Species Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978
Species Chaunax africanus Ho & Last, 2013
Species Chaunax apus Lloyd, 1909
Species Chaunax atimovatae Ho & Ma, 2016
Species Chaunax brachysomus Ho, Kawai & Satria, 2015
Species Chaunax breviradius Le Danois, 1978
Species Chaunax endeavouri Whitley, 1929
Species Chaunax fimbriatus Hilgendorf, 1879
Species Chaunax flammeus Le Danois, 1979
Species Chaunax flavomaculatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013
Species Chaunax gomoni Ho, Kawai & Satria, 2015
Species Chaunax heemstraorum Ho & Ma, 2016
Species Chaunax hollemani Ho & Ma, 2016
Species Chaunax latipunctatus Le Danois, 1984
Species Chaunax mulleus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013
Species Chaunax multilepis Ho, Meleppura & Bineesh, 2016
Species Chaunax nebulosus Ho & Last, 2013
Species Chaunax nudiventer Ho & Shao, 2010
Species Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch, 1915
Species Chaunax pictus Lowe, 1846
Species Chaunax reticulatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013
Species Chaunax russatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013
Species Chaunax stigmaeus Fowler, 1946
Species Chaunax suttkusi Caruso, 1989
Species Chaunax umbrinus Gilbert, 1905

Species Chaunax breviradiatus Le Danois, 1978 accepted as Chaunax breviradius Le Danois, 1978 (misspelling)
Species Chaunax coloratus Garman, 1899 accepted as Chaunacops coloratus (Garman, 1899)
Species Chaunax nuttingii Garman, 1896 accepted as Chaunax pictus Lowe, 1846
Species Chaunax pencillatus McCulloch, 1915 accepted as Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch, 1915 (misspelling)
Species Chaunax roseus Barbour, 1941 accepted as Chaunacops roseus (Barbour, 1941)
Species Chaunax suttkus Caruso, 1989 accepted as Chaunax suttkusi Caruso, 1989 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Species Chaunax tosaensis Okamura & Oryuu, 1984 accepted as Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch, 1915 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lowe, R. T. (1846). On a new genus of the family Lophidae (les pectorales pediculées, Cuv.) discovered in Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1846.</em> (pt 14): 81-83. [details]   
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Chaunax Lowe, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125796 on 2023-06-04
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2013-03-11 10:36:30Z
checked
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
changed

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original description Lowe, R. T. (1846). On a new genus of the family Lophidae (les pectorales pediculées, Cuv.) discovered in Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1846.</em> (pt 14): 81-83. [details]   

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese フサアンコウ属  [details]
Chaunax sp., 409 m Gulf of Mexico

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017. Identification from photograph by J. Caruso and A. Quattrini.
 

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