World Register of Deep-Sea species

Deep-Sea taxon details

Chaunax Lowe, 1846

AphiaID

125796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125796)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Chaunacidae Gill, 1863

Direct children (12)

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Species Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978
Species Chaunax breviradius Le Danois, 1978
Species Chaunax endeavouri Whitley, 1929
Species Chaunax fimbriatus Hilgendorf, 1879
Species Chaunax flammeus Le Danois, 1979
Species Chaunax latipunctatus Le Danois, 1984
Species Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch, 1915
Species Chaunax pictus Lowe, 1846
Species Chaunax suttkusi Caruso, 1989
Species Chaunax umbrinus Gilbert, 1905
Species Chaunax nuttingii Garman, 1896 accepted as Chaunax pictus Lowe, 1846
Species Chaunax tosaensis Okamura & Oryuu, 1984 accepted as Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch, 1915 (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lowe, R. T. (1846). On a new genus of the family Lophidae (les pectorales pediculées, Cuv.) discovered in Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1846. (pt 14): 81-83. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Chaunax Lowe, 1846. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125796 on 2026-07-21

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Chaunax Lowe, 1846. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125796 on 2026-07-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 10:36:30Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Lowe, R. T. (1846). On a new genus of the family Lophidae (les pectorales pediculées, Cuv.) discovered in Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1846. (pt 14): 81-83. [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details]