Chaunax nudviventer

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Roberts, Clive D. & Stewart, Andrew L., 2013, A review of the anglerfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from New Zealand and adjacent waters, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 3620 (1), pp. 89-111 : 99

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Chaunax nudviventer
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Chaunax nudviventer Ho and Shao, 2010

( Figure 7 View FIGURE 7 , Table 1 View TABLE 1 )

Chaunax nudiventer Ho & Shao, 2010: 54, figs 1A, 2A–C, 3, 4A–B. (Holotype: NSMT–P95084. Paratypes: many at MNHN and NSMT; type locality: South Fiji Ridge, 26°01.7'S, 179°02.3'W, depth 538–620 m). Chaunax pictus (non Lowe, 1846): Stephenson, 1971: 239 (mis-identification); Paulin et al., 1989: 135, fig 62.1, colour plate. Paulin & Stewart, 1985: 27 (listed, in part).

Chaunax sp. C: Roberts et al. 2009: 532 (listed, in part).

Specimens examined. 10 specimens, 54–193 mm SL. New Zealand: NMNZ P.005525, 85 mm, E of northern Three Kings Rise, 30º45'S, 173º51'E, RNZFA Tui, stn. AUZ 0 11 0 2, 501– 678 m, 6 Jul. 1962. NMNZ P. 031015, 79 mm, Mercury Islands, 36º16.27'S, 176º16.02'E, R/V Kaharoa, stn. KAH 9401/010, 527–531 m, prawn trawl, 7 Jan. 1994. NMNZ P.033935, 56 mm, SE of Alderman Islands, 36º55.975'S, 176º16.81'E, F/V Drysdale, stn. DRY 9602/ 0 0 1, 395 m, bottom trawl, 18 Oct. 1996. NMNZ P.035223, 58 mm, off Raoul Island, 29º11.5'S, 177º53.05'W, NZOI K 830, 545– 545 m, Jul 1974. NMNZ P.037207, 94 mm, S of Hastings, 40º4.4'S, 177º19.3'E, 14 Feb. 1999. New Caledonia: NMNZ P.027483, 71 mm, Seamount B, S of New Caledonia, 24º54.2'S, 168º21.7'E, Beryx 2, stn. 19, 510– 519 m, bottom trawl, 30 Oct. 1991, coll. C. Roberts. NMNZ P.029205, 193 mm, paratype, Seamount B, S of New Caledonia, 24º55.5'S, 168º21.45'E, Beryx 11, stn. CP7, 540– 670 m, beam trawl, 15 Oct. 1992, coll. C. Roberts & C. Paulin. NMNZ P.029237, 3, 54– 73 mm, Seamount B, S of New Caledonia, 24º51.4'S, 168º21.95'E, Beryx 11, stn. 4, 550– 920 m, trawl, 14 Oct. 1992, coll. C. Roberts & C. Paulin.

Diagnosis. Dorsal-fin rays III, 11–12 (modally 12); anal-fin rays 6–7 (7); pectoral-fin rays 13–14 (14). A member of the C. abei -species group that differs from its congeners in having large spots on the dorsal surface; largely naked area on abdomen; relatively short head and long tail, reflected in the relatively elongated body; 3 pairs of spinules bridging lateral-line neuromasts; dermal spines on body surface simple, slender and elongate; and lateral-line neuromasts in pectoral series extending well beyond pectoral fin base. Lateral-line neuromast counts: AB = 10–12 (modally 11); BB' = 4; BD = 3–5 (4–5); CD = 5–7 (6–7); EF = 3; FG = 3–4 (3); GH = 15–19 (16–17); BI = 39–50 (41–43).

Distribution. Known from New Caledonia, South Fiji Ridge and now off northern New Zealand ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ). Bathymetric range 282–1089 m (Ho & Shao, 2010); specimens from the present study area taken at 395– 920 m. Remarks. Five specimens collected from northern New Zealand represent the first record for the area; one of these (NMNZ P.005525) was originally reported by Stephenson (1971) as C. pictus . It is notable that no specimens exceeding 100 mm SL were found in New Zealand waters, whereas adults attain 271 mm SL elsewhere (Ho & Shao, 2010).

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