Chaunax, Lowe, 1846

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Kawai, Toshio & Satria, Fayakun, 2015, Species of the anglerfish genus Chaunax from Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63, pp. 301-308 : 307

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4502357

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8DBC268B-F75B-4EDF-95A5-2441AAD61600

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4502156

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A987BB-BA7D-FF94-FC3A-A768E4A3FBFA

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scientific name

Chaunax
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Key to species of Chaunax View in CoL View at ENA in Indonesia

1. Illicial trough black, deeply concave; illicium short, bearing many stout cirri ................................................. C. penicillatus View in CoL

– Illicial trough same colour as body, shallow; illicium long, bearing many thin cirri............................................................ 2

2. Filamentous cirri present on head; usually more than three spinules bridging the lateral-line neuromast complex; dense greyish-green irregular spots and five large blackish markings on dorsal surface.................................. C. nebulosus View in CoL

– No cirri on head; usually three or less spinules bridging the lateral-line neuromast complex; large scattered greenish spots on dorsal surface or uniformly pinkish......................... 3

3. Greenish spots on dorsal surface; peritoneum white ............... .................................................................... C. gomoni sp. nov.

– Dorsal surface uniformly pinkish when fresh, creamy white when preserved; peritoneum black......................................... 4

4. Head small, 37.7% SL; three neuromasts on upper preopercular (BD), more than 15 on pectoral series (GH); 11 or more rakers on second gill arch .................................. C. apus View in CoL

– Head large, 44.4% SL; two neuromasts on BD, 12 or 13 on GH; nine rakers on second gill arch......................................... ........................................................... C. brachysomus sp. nov.

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