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Chaunax nebulosus  Ho & Last, 2013

Eyespot coffinfish
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Actinopterígios (peces con aletas radiadas) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Chaunacidae (Sea toads)
Etymology: Chaunax: Greek, chaunax, -akos = a conceited man (Ref. 45335);  nebulosus: Name from Latin word nebula, meaning "cloudy" (more or less), referring to its unique, diffuse, grayish green colour pattern overlain dorsally with five black spots.

Medioambiente / Clima / Gama Ecología

; marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 218 - 380 m (Ref. 94130).   Tropical, preferred ?; 18°S - 32°S (Ref. 94130)

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Eastern Indian Ocean: NW Australia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.2 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 94130)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 12; Radios blandos anales: 7. This species which is a member of the C. fimbriatus-species group is distinguished from its congeners by its dense covering of minute grayish-green irregular spots, five large blackish dorsal markings and by the following characters: modally 14 pectoral-fin rays; bridging each neuromast are 3-4 pairs of spinules; second gill arch with 8-9 rakers; long and slender illicium; elongate illicial trough which is longer than wide; esca with numerous thin pale cirri with brown tips; pale gill chamber with large blackish patch on inner wall of opercle; pale peritoneal membrane; lateral-line neuromast counts: anterior body proper = 3-5 (mainly 4), upper preopercular = 2-3 (2), infraorbital = 5-7 (6), hyomandibular = 3-4 (3), pectoral = 10-12 (10 or 11), body proper = 29-35 (Ref. 94130).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Deepest capture of a specimen collected from a trawl station covered 20-850 m depth interval (Ref. 94130).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Ho, H.-C. and P.R. Last, 2013. Two new species of the coffinfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3710(5):436-448. (Ref. 94130)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.3 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 69278):  .
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (16 of 100) .