WoRMS taxon details

Chaunax pictus Lowe, 1846

126539  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126539)

accepted
Species
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] 
Distribution Apparently worldwide in tropical to temperate waters. 51.8°N to 12.5°S.  
Distribution Apparently worldwide in tropical to temperate waters. 51.8°N to 12.5°S. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chaunax pictus Lowe, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126539 on 2025-04-28
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Nomenclature

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] 

original description (of Chaunax nuttingii Garman, 1896) Garman, S. (1896). Report on the fishes collected by the Bahama Expedition, of the State University of Iowa, under Professor C. C. Nutting, in 1893. <em>Bulletin of the Laboratory of Natural Science University of Iowa.</em> 4: 76-93, Pls. 1-4. [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] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] 

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Apparently worldwide in tropical to temperate waters. 51.8°N to 12.5°S. [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Found on continental shelves and slopes, from approximately 200 m and below. [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English pink frogmouth  [details]
Russian Хунакс обыкновенный (разукрашенный)  [details]