CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 37 211007 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Chaunax apus   Lloyd, 1909

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: [a coffinfish]
Organism Type: a coffinfish
Synonyms: Chaunax sp. Q1a [in CAAB]
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 211902     Chaunax spp.
 Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-09-23.
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Expected species depth range is from 310 to 713 m.
Taxon Notes:Name updated after re-identification of CSIRO photo voucher by Hans Ho in Jan 2025. Recorded from much of the Australian coastline. Records from NSW and NT need to be adquately analysed.

Identifiers:
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125796
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2025-09-23
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
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