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Etymology: Chaunax: Greek, chaunax, -akos = a conceited man (Ref. 45335); brachysomus: Name from the combination of two Greek words, 'brachys' for short and 'soma' for body, referring to its relatively short and stout body..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 519 - 581 m (Ref. 117885). Tropical

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.7 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 117885)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 3; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 12; Raggi anali molli: 7. This species of the Chaunax abei-group with uniform pink body when fresh and with a mixture of broad-based and narrowbased spinules on ventral surface is distinguished by the following set of characters: pectoral-fin rays 13; head large, its head length 44.4% SL and width 20.5% SL; tail short (lail length 1 = 24.2% SL, 2 =16.0% SL and 3 =14.4% SL); rakers on second gill arch 9; lateral line neuromasts in pectoral series 12 or 13 and in lateral-line proper 33 (Ref. 117885).

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Ho, H.-C., T. Kawai and F. Satria, 2015. Species of the anglerfish genus Chaunax from Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae). Raffles Bull. Zool. 63:301-308. (Ref. 117885)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 12 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).

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