Chaunax
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:39BEEF12-011C-48E8-9C38-5476922F5845 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079480 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/631087A3-1570-9006-FF0B-4BB059817A51 |
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Plazi |
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Chaunax |
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Key to species of Chaunax View in CoL View at ENA in southern Africa
1A. Illicial trough, black, deep and concave.................................................... Chaunax penicillatus View in CoL
1B. Illicial trough flat, color as body ground color............................................................... 2
2A. Filaments present on supraocular membrane; usually 3 or more spinules on each side of neuromast..................... 3
2B. No filament on supraocular membrane; usually 1 to 3 spinules on each side of neuromast............................5
3A. Complicate reticulate pattern present when preserved............................................ Chaunax africanus View in CoL
3B. Color pattern absent when preserved.......................................................................4
4A. Head width 16.0–18.5% SL, pre-preopercle length 26.8–28.5% SL; neuromasts: DG=3, GH=11–14, BI=33–38.......................................................................................... Chaunax hollemani sp. nov.
4B. Head width 20.7%SL, pre-preopercle length 30.7%SL; DG=4, GH=10, BI=31....................... Chaunax flammeus View in CoL
5A. Gill chamber and gill arches grayish; 14–15 rakers on second gill arch.............................. Chaunax russatus View in CoL
5B. Gill chamber and gill arches pale; 13 or less rakers on second gill arch...........................................6
6A. Neuromasts: FG=4; DG=4................................................................. Chaunax suttkusi View in CoL
6B. Neuromasts: FG=3; DG=3.............................................................................. 7
7A. Dermal spinules slender and curved; body uniformly pinkish when fresh, creamy white when preserved...... Chaunax apus View in CoL
7B. Dermal spines stout and straight; green spots on pinkish body when fresh.........................................8
8A. When fresh, small green spots circled by yellow color on dorsal surface; scattered bifurcate spinules on body........................................................................................... Chaunax atimovatae sp. nov.
8B. When fresh, large green spots on dorsal surface; simple spinules on body................ Chaunax heemstraorum sp. nov.
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