FB-67281 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67281 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Nemacheilidae Schistura Schistura sexnubes Endruweit, 2014 African coffinfish 2014-03-01 2014-03-01 Ho, H.-C. and P.R. Last0 Two new species of the coffinfish genus <i>Chaunax</i> (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3710(5):436-448. (Ref. 94130) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67290 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-03-24 00:00:00 2014-03-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67290 This species which is a member of the C. fimbriatus-species group is distinguished from its congeners in having the following characters: body is covered by variable-sized, irregular brownish patches and a complex white reticulate pattern; eye circled by prominent radiating brownish markings; dorsal-fin base with 2-3 pairs of narrow brownish bars; pale reticulate markings frequently double-lined; pattern extending forward to front of lower jaw, and over pectoral and caudal fins; bridging each neuromast are 3-4 pairs of spinules; second gill arch with 8-9 rakers; short and stout illicium; small illicial trough oval in shape; esca with numerous thin pale cirri with brown tips; pale gill chamber; peritoneal membrane black; lateral-line neuromast counts: upper preopercular = 2, infraorbital = 6-7, hyomandibular = 3, pectoral = 10-12, body proper = 31-32 (Ref. 94130). Ho, H.-C. and P.R. Last 2013 Two new species of the coffinfish genus <i>Chaunax</i> (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3710(5):436-448. (Ref. 94130) FB-Morphology-67290 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-03-24 00:00:00 2014-03-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67290 Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Analsoft rays: 6 - 7 Ho, H.-C. and P.R. Last 2013 Two new species of the coffinfish genus <i>Chaunax</i> (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3710(5):436-448. (Ref. 94130) FB-Distribution-67290 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-03-24 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=67290 Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique (probably endemic in the southwestern Indian Ocean). Ho, H.-C. and P.R. Last 2013 Two new species of the coffinfish genus <i>Chaunax</i> (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3710(5):436-448. (Ref. 94130) FB-Size-67290 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-03-24 00:00:00 2014-03-25 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67290 22.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 94130)) Ho, H.-C. and P.R. Last 2013 Two new species of the coffinfish genus <i>Chaunax</i> (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3710(5):436-448. (Ref. 94130) 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-67290 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-03-24 00:00:00 2014-03-25 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67290 demersal; marine; depth range 162 - 200 m (Ref. 94130) Ho, H.-C. and P.R. Last 2013 Two new species of the coffinfish genus <i>Chaunax</i> (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3710(5):436-448. (Ref. 94130)