FB-69855 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69855 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Lophiiformes Chaunacidae Chaunax Chaunax obscurus Ho & Ma, 2022 2022-11-09 2022-11-09 Ganga, U., J.P. Thomas and S. Sukumaran0 A new species of the genus <i>Harpadon</i> (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the north-eastern Arabian Sea, India. Indian J. Fish. 62(4):1-9. (Ref. 106147) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-11-22 00:00:00 2022-11-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69864 This species iis distinguished by the following characters: caudal fin trilobed with lateral line continuous with central lobe; large mouth gape extending far beyond the eye; jaws bearing characteristic fang like, unequal teeth with barbed tips arranged in 2-3 rows; teeth on the roof of the mouth and tongue; head with a very short snout and eyes placed laterally very close to snout tip; nostrils placed close to the snout tip; branchiostegals thin and numerous (> 17); pelvic fins with 9 rays; with adipose fin; gill rakers spine like (Ref. 106147). Ganga, U., J.P. Thomas and S. Sukumaran 2015 A new species of the genus <i>Harpadon</i> (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the north-eastern Arabian Sea, India. Indian J. Fish. 62(4):1-9. (Ref. 106147) FB-Morphology-69864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-11-22 00:00:00 2022-11-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69864 Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Analsoft rays: 13 - 15; Vertebrae: 44 - 45 Ganga, U., J.P. Thomas and S. Sukumaran 2015 A new species of the genus <i>Harpadon</i> (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the north-eastern Arabian Sea, India. Indian J. Fish. 62(4):1-9. (Ref. 106147) FB-Distribution-69864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-11-22 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69864 Western Indian Ocean: India, northeast Arabian Sea. Ganga, U., J.P. Thomas and S. Sukumaran 2015 A new species of the genus <i>Harpadon</i> (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the north-eastern Arabian Sea, India. Indian J. Fish. 62(4):1-9. (Ref. 106147) FB-Size-69864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-11-22 00:00:00 2022-11-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69864 14.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 106147)) Ganga, U., J.P. Thomas and S. Sukumaran 2015 A new species of the genus <i>Harpadon</i> (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the north-eastern Arabian Sea, India. Indian J. Fish. 62(4):1-9. (Ref. 106147) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69864 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-11-22 00:00:00 2022-11-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69864 demersal; marine; depth range ? - 371 m (Ref. 106147) Ganga, U., J.P. Thomas and S. Sukumaran 2015 A new species of the genus <i>Harpadon</i> (Aulopiformes, Synodontidae) from the north-eastern Arabian Sea, India. Indian J. Fish. 62(4):1-9. (Ref. 106147)