Chaunax nebulosus

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 nebulosus

Name

• Chaunax nebulosus H.-C. Ho & Last, 2013

• Type locality: north of Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia, 19°36’S, 115°27’E, 245 meters.

• Etymology: Derived from the Latin nebula, meaning "cloudy" (more or less), and referring its unique diffuse grayish green colour pattern overlain dorsally with five black spots.

• Distribution: Western Australia.

Primary references

• Ho, H.-C. & Last, P.R. 2013. Two new species of the coffinfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3710(5): 436–448. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.3 Reference page.