CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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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
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
	Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF) Image by: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA) Rights: CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection
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.
Previous Codes (if any):	211001

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-09-30.
Occurrence locations [32] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 216 to 691 m.

Scientific Name Notes:

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

Identifiers:

FoA	5339 View at FoA
WoRMS	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)

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report