Classification / Names
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Chaunacidae (Sea toads o coffinfishes)
Etymology: Chaunax: Greek, chaunax, -akos = a conceited man (Ref. 45335); albatrossae: Named after the vessel USFC Albatross (treated as feminine), in service with the United States Bureau of Fisheries in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and which collected the first two specimens of the
present species..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθικό(ς); εύρος βάθους 195 - 702 m (Ref. 127469). Deep-water
Western Pacific: Phiippines.
Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.8 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 127469)
Short description
Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία
Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά) : 3; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 11 - 12; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 7. This small species of the Chaunax abei species group is distinguished by the following characters: a dark gray mouth cavity and dark brown to black gill chamber and gill rakers; skin with short, simple spinules; lateral-line neuromasts in upper preopercular series 2-4 (mainly 3), in pectoral series12-13, in body series, including those on caudal fin 28-33 (30–32); gill rakers on second gill arch 10-12 (11); eye large (9.6-12.0% SL); head relatively long (42.4-46.3% SL), pre-preopercular length 31.1-32.1% SL, predorsal length 51.1-53.0% SL, upper-jaw 25.0-26.2% SL. Colouration: peritoneum black and the body when preserved is uniformly creamy-white, including esca (Ref. 127469).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Αναπαραγωγή | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Προνύμφες
Ho, H.-C. and W.-C. Ma, 2022. Four new species of the frogmouth genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from Taiwan and the Philippines. Zootaxa 5189(1):146-179. (Ref. 127469)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Εργαλεία
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Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
