Species of the anglerfish genus Chaunax from Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae)
Author
Ho, Hsuan-Ching
Author
Kawai, Toshio
Author
Satria, Fayakun
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2015
2015-08-06
63
301
308
journal article
6584
10.5281/zenodo.4502357
e4224b52-b058-4bc5-89d4-53db72efd546
2345-7600
4502357
8DBC268B-F75B-4EDF-95A5-2441AAD61600
Key to species of
Chaunax
in
Indonesia
1. Illicial trough black, deeply concave; illicium short, bearing many stout cirri .................................................
C. penicillatus
– Illicial trough same colour as body, shallow; illicium long, bearing many thin cirri............................................................ 2
2. Filamentous cirri present on head; usually more than three spinules bridging the lateral-line neuromast complex; dense greyish-green irregular spots and five large blackish markings on dorsal surface..................................
C. nebulosus
– No cirri on head; usually three or less spinules bridging the lateral-line neuromast complex; large scattered greenish spots on dorsal surface or uniformly pinkish......................... 3
3. Greenish spots on dorsal surface; peritoneum white ............... ....................................................................
C. gomoni
sp. nov.
– Dorsal surface uniformly pinkish when fresh, creamy white when preserved; peritoneum black......................................... 4
4. Head small, 37.7% SL; three neuromasts on upper preopercular (BD), more than 15 on pectoral series (GH); 11 or more rakers on second gill arch ..................................
C. apus
– Head large, 44.4% SL; two neuromasts on BD, 12 or 13 on GH; nine rakers on second gill arch......................................... ...........................................................
C. brachysomus
sp. nov.