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Chaunacidae (Sea toads o coffinfishes)
Etymology: Chaunax: Greek, chaunax, -akos = a conceited man (Ref. 45335); brachysomus: Name from the combination of two Greek words, 'brachys' for short and 'soma' for body, referring to its relatively short and stout body.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien demersaal; diepte 519 - 581 m (Ref. 117885). Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.7 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 117885)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 3; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 12; Anale zachte stralen: 7. This species of the Chaunax abei-group with uniform pink body when fresh and with a mixture of broad-based and narrowbased spinules on ventral surface is distinguished by the following set of characters: pectoral-fin rays 13; head large, its head length 44.4% SL and width 20.5% SL; tail short (lail length 1 = 24.2% SL, 2 =16.0% SL and 3 =14.4% SL); rakers on second gill arch 9; lateral line neuromasts in pectoral series 12 or 13 and in lateral-line proper 33 (Ref. 117885).
Cross section: flattened.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Ho, H.-C., T. Kawai and F. Satria, 2015. Species of the anglerfish genus Chaunax from Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae). Raffles Bull. Zool. 63:301-308. (Ref. 117885)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.00749 - 0.04850), b=3.02 (2.80 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
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