Chaunax flavomaculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chaunacioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lophiiformes Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei Superfamilia: Chaunacioidea

Familia: Chaunacidae
Genus: Chaunax
Species: Chaunax flavomaculatus

Name

• Chaunax flavomaculatus H.-C. Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013
  • Primary type: Holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: '105 mm'
    • Repository: MONZ NMNZ P.032620
  • Type locality: 'E of Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, 35º43.65'S, 175º52.8'E, 370–375 m, F/V Albatross II, stn. OBS 0864/031, bottom trawl'
  • ZooBank: 0D82711E-DAE0-4604-A8B5-38111057EC48

Primary references

• Ho, H.-C., Roberts, C.D. & Stewart, A.L. 2013. A review of the anglerfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from New Zealand and adjacent waters, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3620(1): 89–111. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.1.4 Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 92, and Figures 3A–C, Table 1]

Vernacular names

English: Yellowspot frogmouth

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