Chaunax latipunctatus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Chaunacioidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chaunacidae
Genus: Chaunax
Species: Chaunax latipunctatus
Name
[edit]- Chaunax latipunctatus Le Danois, 1984
- Correct type locality: R/V Ikhtiander, Sala y Gomez Ridge, cr. 5, tr. 50–57, 25°00’W–25°46’S, 88°27’W–99°39’W, 345–770 meters.
Distinguished features: dermal spines relatively short and apart; a relatively long head (28.4–35.1% SL); relatively long pre-gill opening length (60.6–69.3% SL); relatively long upper jaw (20.8–27.5% SL); and different lateral line neuromast counts: supraorbital series (AB) mainly 12, upper preopercular (BD) mainly 4, hyomandibular series (FG) mainly 4–5, pectoral series (GH) mainly 13–15), and lateral line proper (BI) 33–40.
Primary references
[edit]- Description d'une nouvelle espece de Chaunacidae, Chaunax latipunctatus, des iles Galapagos. Cybium, 8(2): 95–101.
References
[edit]- Ho, H-c.; Shao, K-t. 2010: A new species of Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the western South Pacific, with comment on C. latipunctatus. Zootaxa 2445: 53–61. Preview Reference page.