Chaunax gomoni

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: Chaunax
Species: Chaunax gomoni

Name

Chaunax gomoni H.-C. Ho, T. Kawai & F. Satria, 2015

• Holotype: HUMZ 193991
• Paratypes: BMNH 1986.9.29.18 (1); CAS 34598 (1); HUMZ 191207 (1), 191208 (1), 191209 (1); MZB 22712 (1); USNM 168256 (1).

Type locality: Baruna Jaya IV, st. 21, 8°15.5’S, 110°22.0’E, 8°14.8’S, 110°20.3’E, off Java, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean, 290–295 m depth.

Etymology: in honour of Dr. Martin F. Gomon, Senior Curator of Fishes, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, for his great contribution to fish taxonomy and for his long-term friendship with the authors.

Vernacular names

English: Gomon’s Frogmouth

References

• Ho, H.-C., Kawai, T. & Satria, F. 2015. Species of the anglerfish genus Chaunax from Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 301–308. PDF Reference page.