Species Chaunacops melanostomus (Caruso, 1989)
Tadpole Coffinfish
- Bathychaunax melanostomus Caruso, J.H. 1989. A review of the Indo-Pacific members of the deep-water chaunacid anglerfish genus Bathychaunax, with the description of a new species from the eastern Indian Ocean (Pisces: Lophiiformes). Bulletin of Marine Science 45(3): 574-579 [575, figs. 1A, 2].
Type data:
Holotype ZIL N48575, south-eastern Indian Ocean, 1600-1700 m. [16°55´S, 114°53´E].
Paratype(s) ZMMU P-17403 4 specimens; ZMMU P-17478; ZMMU P-17404 3 specimens; ZMMU P-17405.
Generic Combinations
- Chaunacops melanostomus (Caruso, 1989). —
Caruso, J.H. , Ho, H.-C. & Pietsch, T.W. 2006. Chaunacops Garman, 1899, a senior objective synonym of Bathychaunax Caruso, 1989 (Lophiiformes: Chaunacoidei: Chaunacidae). Copeia 2006(1): 120-121 [120]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Wedge Island (30°S, 115°E), WA to north of Eighty Mile Beach, WA (19°S, 121°E); tropical, east Indian.
IMCRA
Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth range: 700-1700 m.
General References
Caruso, J.H. 1999. Family Chaunacidae. pp. 2020-2021 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [2022] (as Bathychaunax melanostomus)
Ho, H.-C. & McGrouther, M. 2015. A new anglerfish from eastern Australia and New Caledonia (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae: Chaunacops), with new data and submersible observation of Chaunacops melanostomus. Journal of Fish Biology [7]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [22] (as Bathychaunax melanostomus)
Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Chaunacidae. pp. 650-651 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [651] (as Bathychaunax melanostomus)
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Tadpole Coffinfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2015 | LOPHIIFORMES | 12-May-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |