Chaunacidae

Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), Zootaxa 4067 (3), pp. 293-333 : 318

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:50B7E074-F212-4193-BFB9-84A1D0A0E03C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618927
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC642D14-3A50-FFD2-34F2-FBA4D9982E3A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Chaunacidae
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Chaunax pictus Lowe, 1846 —Pink frogmouth

63 specimens were caught at depths between 726 and 940 m. Length data were available for 40 specimens ranging from 12 to 41 cm TL (23.6±7.1). Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal on continental shelves, slopes and seamounts at depth range 200– 978 m. Circumglobal in tropical to temperate waters, although Ho & Last (2013) limited its presence to the Atlantic Ocean. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LMV (FishBase).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Lophiiformes
Family	Chaunacidae

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