FB-68862 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68862 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beryciformes Melamphaidae Melamphaes Melamphaes proximus Kotlyar, 2015 Eastern tadpole coffinfish 2018-11-16 2018-11-16 Ho, H.-C. and M. McGrouther0 A new anglerfish from eastern Australia and New Caledonia (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae: <i>Chaunacops</i>), with new data and submersible observation of <i>Chaunacops melanostomus</i>. J. Fish Biol. 86(3):940-951. (Ref. 99940) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68872 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-21 00:00:00 2018-11-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68872 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: body covered with fine dermal spinules, mixed with simple and bifurcate ones; pectoral lateral-line neuromasts 4; greyish buccal cavity; semi-transparent skin; relatively short tail, its length 1 is 31.8-34.8% SS, tail length 2 is 15.7-16.3% SL, tail length 3 is 15.0-18.6% SL (Ref. 99940). Ho, H.-C. and M. McGrouther 2015 A new anglerfish from eastern Australia and New Caledonia (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae: <i>Chaunacops</i>), with new data and submersible observation of <i>Chaunacops melanostomus</i>. J. Fish Biol. 86(3):940-951. (Ref. 99940) FB-Morphology-68872 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-21 00:00:00 2018-11-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68872 Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analsoft rays: 6 Ho, H.-C. and M. McGrouther 2015 A new anglerfish from eastern Australia and New Caledonia (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae: <i>Chaunacops</i>), with new data and submersible observation of <i>Chaunacops melanostomus</i>. J. Fish Biol. 86(3):940-951. (Ref. 99940) FB-Distribution-68872 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-21 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68872 Southwestern Pacific: Australia and New Caledonia. Ho, H.-C. and M. McGrouther 2015 A new anglerfish from eastern Australia and New Caledonia (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae: <i>Chaunacops</i>), with new data and submersible observation of <i>Chaunacops melanostomus</i>. J. Fish Biol. 86(3):940-951. (Ref. 99940) FB-Size-68872 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-21 00:00:00 2018-11-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68872 10.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 99940)) Ho, H.-C. and M. McGrouther 2015 A new anglerfish from eastern Australia and New Caledonia (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae: <i>Chaunacops</i>), with new data and submersible observation of <i>Chaunacops melanostomus</i>. J. Fish Biol. 86(3):940-951. (Ref. 99940) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-68872 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-21 00:00:00 2018-11-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68872 bathydemersal; marine; depth range 0 - 1430 m (Ref. 99940) Ho, H.-C. and M. McGrouther 2015 A new anglerfish from eastern Australia and New Caledonia (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae: <i>Chaunacops</i>), with new data and submersible observation of <i>Chaunacops melanostomus</i>. J. Fish Biol. 86(3):940-951. (Ref. 99940)