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
status

 

Family Chaunacidae View in CoL View at ENA

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Lophiiformes

Family

Chaunacidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Lophiiformes

Family

Chaunacidae

Genus

Chaunax

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