Coffinfish
Description
This specimen is a Chaunax. It’s a member of the Chaunax fimbriatus group, and perhaps even C. fimbriatus. The systematics of the Indo-Pacific chaunacids has yet to be resolved, so identification is Chaunax, c.f. fimbriatus.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Coffinfish |
| Creator(s): | Gates, A |
| Identification: | Caruso, J |
| Date: | 21 July 2012 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT Project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata (Chordates) > Class Actinopterygii (Ray finned Fish) > Lophiformes (Anglerfish) > Chaunacidae (Sea toads) |
| Species: | Chaunax fimbriatus |
| Site: | Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Cachalote |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 660 |
| Latitude: | 12 deg 00' 00" S |
| Longitude: | 41 deg 00' 00" E |
| Countries: | East Africa > Mozambique |
| Substratum: | sediment |
| Rig: | Discoverer Americas |
| Project Partners: | Oceaneering |
| ROV: | Oceaneering |
| Keywords: | Chaunax |
| Deposited By: | Dr Daniel Jones |
| Deposited On: | 03 November 2014 |
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