FB-67178 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67178 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Gobiodon Gobiodon erythrospilus Bleeker, 1875 Yellowspot frogmouth Chaunax sp. A Not applicable 2013-12-06 2015-05-01 Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and A.L. Stewart0 A review of the anglerfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from New Zealand and adjacent waters, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3620(1):089-111. (Ref. 93086) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-12-10 00:00:00 2013-12-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67187 This species which is a member of the Chaunax abei-species group is distinguished from its congeners in having a mix of bifurcated and simple dermal spinules and large yellow spots on a pinkish background dorsally when fresh and uniformly creamy white when preservedl gill rakers: GRi = 11 (2+9); GRii = 9; GRiii = 8-9; GRiv = 7; lateral-line neuromasts: AB = 11; AC = 8; BB' = 4; BD = 2; CD = 5-6; DG=3-4; EF = 4; FG = 3; GH = 12-13; BI = 32-34 (Ref. 93086).Description: globular head, its skull is elevated posteriorly; deep body with trunk cylindrical, slightly compressed, tapering posteriorly; flattened ventral surface; loose and flaccid skin; broad interorbital space; short and stout caudal peduncle and is slightly depressed, tapering posterior; rounded eyes, directed dorsolaterally, covered by a dermal membrane broadly connected to adjoining skin, forming a clear 'window' (Ref. 93086). Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and A.L. Stewart 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):089-111. (Ref. 93086) FB-Morphology-67187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-12-10 00:00:00 2013-12-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67187 Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Analsoft rays: 7 Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and A.L. Stewart 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):089-111. (Ref. 93086) FB-Distribution-67187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-12-10 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67187 Southwest Pacific: New Zealand. Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and A.L. Stewart 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):089-111. (Ref. 93086) FB-Size-67187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-12-10 00:00:00 2013-12-10 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67187 12.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 93086)) Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and A.L. Stewart 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):089-111. (Ref. 93086) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67187 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2013-12-10 00:00:00 2013-12-10 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67187 benthopelagic; marine; depth range 353 - 375 m (Ref. 93086) Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and A.L. Stewart 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):089-111. (Ref. 93086)