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Ecology
Habitat
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 367 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 60 - 25000
Temperature range (°C): 2.523 - 19.650
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.577 - 35.686
Salinity (PPS): 33.963 - 36.604
Oxygen (ml/l): 1.249 - 5.911
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.120 - 2.602
Silicate (umol/l): 1.641 - 69.977
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 60 - 25000
Temperature range (°C): 2.523 - 19.650
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.577 - 35.686
Salinity (PPS): 33.963 - 36.604
Oxygen (ml/l): 1.249 - 5.911
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.120 - 2.602
Silicate (umol/l): 1.641 - 69.977
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. (var Q1)
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax cf. breviradius
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. E
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. 1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. W3
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 12
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. W1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 9
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. f
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. e
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. d
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. b
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. a
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp.
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. C
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax sp. A
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Barcode data: Chaunax cf. flammeus
There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen. Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Chaunax cf. flammeus
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
| Specimen Records: | 105 | Public Records: | 15 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 96 | Public Species: | 5 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 93 | Public BINs: | 5 |
| Species: | 23 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 22 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
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Wikipedia
Chaunax
Chaunax is a genus of bony fish in the sea toad family, Chaunacidae.[1] They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world, and most species are found a depths between 180 and 1,100 m (590 and 3,600 ft), but C. endeavouri occurs as shallow as 50 m (160 ft) and C. fimbriatus as deep as 1,985 m (6,512 ft).[2][3] Depending on the exact species involved, they reach a total length of 11–40 cm (4.3–16 in).[4]
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[4][5]
- Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978
- Chaunax breviradius Le Danois, 1978
- Chaunax endeavouri Whitley, 1929 (Coffinfish)
- Chaunax fimbriatus Hilgendorf, 1879 (Tasseled coffinfish)
- Chaunax flammeus Le Danois, 1979
- Chaunax flavomaculatus H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 2013 (Yellowspot Frogmouth)[5]
- Chaunax latipunctatus Le Danois, 1984
- Chaunax mulleus H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 2013 (Redshoes Frogmouth)[5]
- Chaunax nudiventer H. C. Ho & K. T. Shao, 2010 (Naked-belly Coffinfish)
- Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch, 1915 (Pencil coffinfish)
- Chaunax pictus R. T. Lowe, 1846 (Pink frogmouth)
- Chaunax reticulatus H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 2013 (Netted Frogmouth)[5]
- Chaunax russatus H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 2013 (Red Coffinfish)[5]
- Chaunax stigmaeus Fowler, 1946 (Redeye gaper)
- Chaunax suttkusi J. H. Caruso, 1989
- Chaunax tosaensis Okamura & Oryuu, 1984
- Chaunax umbrinus C. H. Gilbert, 1905
References
- ^ William J. Richards (2005). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-1916-7.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Chaunax endeavouri" in FishBase. July 2012 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Chaunax fimbriatus" in FishBase. July 2012 version.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Chaunax in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ^ a b c d e Ho, H.-C., Roberts, C.D. & Stewart, A.L. (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): 89–111.
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