Chaunax apus Lloyd, 1909

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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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4776045
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scientific name	Chaunax apus Lloyd, 1909
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Chaunax apus Lloyd, 1909 View in CoL

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Chaunax apus Lloyd, 1909: 169 View in CoL (type locality: Bay of Bengal, Myanmar, 530 fms [969 m]. Ho & Last 2013: 444.

Material. HUMZ 194508 View Materials (1, 212), Baruna Jaya IV, st. 11, 8°7.1’S, 109°50.4’E, 8°6.9’N, 109°48.8’E, off Java, 454–460 m, 7 May 2005 GoogleMaps . HUMZ 194282 View Materials (1, 76) , HUMZ 194283 View Materials (1, 68) , HUMZ 194284 View Materials (1, 45), Baruna Jaya IV, st. 30, 8°30.0’S, 110°46.8’E, 8°30.4’N, 110°45.1’E, off Java, 395–400 m, 14 May 2005 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Our specimens represent the first record for Indonesia. This is one of the oldest nominal species of Chaunax , being the fourth described. Ho & Last (2013) confirmed it to be a valid species and the senior species in the C. abei -species group. A redescription of this species is being prepared by the first author.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Lophiiformes
Family	Chaunacidae
Genus	Chaunax