Chaunacops melanostomus

Taxonavigation: Chaunacioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lophiiformes Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei Superfamilia: Chaunacioidea

Familia: Chaunacidae
Genus: Chaunacops
Species: Chaunacops melanostomus

Name

Chaunacops melanostomus (Caruso, 1989)

• Holotype: ZIN N48575.
• Paratype: ZMMU P-17403-05 (4, 3, 1), P-17478 (1, not found).

Type locality: Southeastern Indian Ocean, 16°55'S, 114°53'E, depth 1600-1700 meters.

Etymology: The name melanostomus alludes to the black pigment lining the buccal cavity that is unique to this species among the currently recognized chaunacid species.

Synonyms

• Bathychaunax melanostomus,Caruso, 1989

Vernacular names

English: Dark Tadpole Coffinfish

References

• Caruso, J. H., 1989: A review of the Indo-Pacific members of the deep-water chaunacid anglerfish genus Bathychaunax, with the description of a new species from the eastern Indian Ocean (Pisces: Lophiiformes). Bulletin of Marine Science, 45 (3): 574–579. PDF

Links

• Chaunacops melanostomus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Chaunacops melanostomus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.