CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Lophiiformes (order) » Chaunacidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 211001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Chaunax cf breviradius Le Danois, 1978

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes	Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Occurrence locations [32] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Expected species depth range is from 219 to 690 m.
Family:	37 211 Chaunacidae (Coffinfishes) - show full list
Standard Name:	Tassled Coffinfish
Common Names List:	furry anglerfish yellow spotted angler
Organism Type:	a coffinfish
Synonyms:	Chaunax fimbriatus
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 211902 Chaunax spp.

Scientific Name Notes:

Chaunax fimbriatus probably does not occur in Australian waters. This name has probably been misapplied to a few Australian species.

Previous Codes
(if any):

211001

Identifiers:

Fishes of Australia	5339 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at Fishes of Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272549 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-06-20 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Images:

Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)	Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Credit: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)

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