Chaunax russatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3512750 |
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Chaunax russatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013 |
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Chaunax russatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013 View in CoL
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Chaunax russatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013:105 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs. 11A–B, 12A–B (type locality: Kaikoura Canyon, 43°0.09'S,
173°53.85'E, New Zealand area, 821–1030 m).
Materials examined. CSIROH.5345-02 (1, 120), 36°35'S, 52°05'E, southwestern Indian Ocean , 835–1110 m, 29 Oct. 1999 GoogleMaps . CSIRO H.5849-01 (1, 120), 38°27'S, 47°42'E, South-West Indian Ridge , 656–962 m, 14 Mar. 2001 GoogleMaps . SAIAB 7271 About SAIAB (1, 171), 30°32'S, 30°32'E, KwaZulu-Natal, 625–900 m, 10 May 1977 GoogleMaps . SAIAB 86432 About SAIAB (1, 114), 28°20.2'S, 45°15.2'E, S of Madagascar, 739–759 m, 2 Sep. 2008 GoogleMaps .
Diagnosis. A species in C. abei -species group with 1 pair of spines bridging the lateral-line neuromasts; illicial trough wider than the pupil; gill chamber and gill arches grayish; GRii=14 or 15; and lateral-line neuromasts: BD=2, GH=10–13, BI=32–39. Body uniformly reddish when fresh, sometimes with irregular grayish marks.
Distribution. Known from southern hemisphere off New Zealand, Australia, Mozambique and South Africa. Specimens from southern Africa were collected at depths of 625–1110 m.
Remarks. Ho & Last (2013) reported that this is a trans-Indian Ocean distribution species. This species is widespread in the southern hemisphere off South Africa, Australia (both sides) and New Zealand. It also represents the deepest record of Chaunax in southern Africa.
Ho, H. - C., Roberts, C. D. & Stewart, A. 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), 89 - 111. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3620.1.4
Ho, H. - C. & Last, P. R. (2013) Two new species of the coffinfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3710 (5), 436 - 448. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3710.5.3
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Chaunax russatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013
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