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Chaunax pictus Lowe, 1846

To FishBase images (<i>Chaunax pictus</i>, Trinidad Tobago, by Ramjohn, D.D.)
To FishBase images (Chaunax pictus, Trinidad Tobago, by Ramjohn, D.D.)

126539  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126539)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Lophiiformes (Order)
  11. Chaunacidae (Family)
  12. Chaunax (Genus)
  13. Chaunax pictus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lowe, R. T. (1846). On a new genus of the family Lophidae (les pectorales pediculées, Cuv.) discovered in Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1846.</em> (pt 14): 81-83. [details] 
Distribution Apparently worldwide in tropical to temperate waters. 51.8°N to 12.5°S.  
Distribution Apparently worldwide in tropical to temperate waters. 51.8°N to 12.5°S. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Chaunax pictus Lowe, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126539 on 2024-10-30
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Lowe, R. T. (1846). On a new genus of the family Lophidae (les pectorales pediculées, Cuv.) discovered in Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1846.</em> (pt 14): 81-83. [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] 

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Apparently worldwide in tropical to temperate waters. 51.8°N to 12.5°S. [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Found on continental shelves and slopes, from approximately 200 m and below. [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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English pink frogmouth  [details]
Russian Хунакс обыкновенный (разукрашенный)  [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Chaunax nuttingii Garman, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chaunax pictus) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Chaunax nuttingii Garman, 1896)
To FishBase images (Chaunax pictus, Trinidad Tobago, by Ramjohn, D.D.) 
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 35 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaunax pictus P02929 illustration) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Chaunax pictus</i>, Trinidad Tobago, by Ramjohn, D.D.)
To FishBase images (Chaunax pictus, Trinidad Tobago, by Ramjohn, D.D.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Chaunax pictus, 455 m Pichincho, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer, Océano Profundo 2015. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
Chaunax pictus, 454-620 m Conrad Seamount, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
Chaunax pictus, 452 m Gulf of Mexico Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2018. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini.
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaunax pictus P02929 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaunax pictus P02929 illustration)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaunax pictus P10279 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chaunax pictus P10279 illustration)
Hosted externally
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