Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Benthic (Ref. 58302).
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Fricke, R. 1999 Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31:759 p. (Ref. 33390)
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Distribution
Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas, mainly around volcanic islands (including Mascarenes, Hawaiian Islands).
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Worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions.
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Fricke, R. 1999 Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31:759 p. (Ref. 33390)
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Reunion
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Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
35.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 31667))
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Anonymous 1998 Fish collection database of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BPBM). Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai`I, 96817-0916 USA. (Ref. 31667)
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Type Information
Type for Chaunax umbrinus
Catalog Number: USNM 51547
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Hawaii: Pailolo Channel Between Maui + Molokai Ids, Mokuhooniki Islet N. 27 Deg. W. 3.3', Maui, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
Depth (m): 249 to 271
Vessel: Albatross
Catalog Number: USNM 51547
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Hawaii: Pailolo Channel Between Maui + Molokai Ids, Mokuhooniki Islet N. 27 Deg. W. 3.3', Maui, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
Depth (m): 249 to 271
Vessel: Albatross
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
demersal; marine; depth range 183 - 400 m (Ref. 7460)
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Chave, E.H. and B.C. Mundy 1994 Deep-sea benthic fish of the Hawaiian Archipelago, Cross Seamount, and Johnston Atoll. Pac. Sci. 48:367-409. (Ref. 7460)
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Known from seamounts and knolls
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Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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Depth range based on 21 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 15 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 180 - 612.5
Temperature range (°C): 9.089 - 18.228
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.890 - 21.196
Salinity (PPS): 34.113 - 34.906
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.608 - 5.251
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.316 - 1.639
Silicate (umol/l): 3.095 - 25.228
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 180 - 612.5
Temperature range (°C): 9.089 - 18.228
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.890 - 21.196
Salinity (PPS): 34.113 - 34.906
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.608 - 5.251
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.316 - 1.639
Silicate (umol/l): 3.095 - 25.228
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 15 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 180 - 612.5
Temperature range (°C): 9.089 - 18.228
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.890 - 21.196
Salinity (PPS): 34.113 - 34.906
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.608 - 5.251
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.316 - 1.639
Silicate (umol/l): 3.095 - 25.228
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 180 - 612.5
Temperature range (°C): 9.089 - 18.228
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.890 - 21.196
Salinity (PPS): 34.113 - 34.906
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.608 - 5.251
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.316 - 1.639
Silicate (umol/l): 3.095 - 25.228
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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