- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- LOPHIIFORMES
- CHAUNACIDAE
- Chaunax
- penicillatus
Pencil Coffinfish, Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch 1915
Other Names: Fluffylure Frogmouth
Pencil Coffinfish, Chaunax penicillatus. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
An orange to reddish coffinfish with yellow vermiculations and some deep reddish saddle-like bands on the back. The illicium is very short and retracts into a black and very deep illicial trough. The esca has many stout black cirri above and white cirri below.
The Pencil Coffinfish is the most widely-distributed species of Chaunax in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Pencil Coffinfish is the most widely-distributed species of Chaunax in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Chaunax penicillatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 01 Jul 2022, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3580
Pencil Coffinfish, Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch 1915
More Info
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Distribution |
Known in Australian waters from west of Bernier Island to south of Scott Reef, Western Australia, and the Torres Strait, Queensland, to east of Maria Island, Tasmania. Elsewhere, the species is widespread in the Indo-west Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to French Polynesia, north to southern Japan, south to Chatham Rise (New Zealand) and Kermadec Islands. |
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Features |
Dorsal-fin rays III, 11–12 (modally 12); anal-fin rays 6–7 (7); pectoral-fin rays 11–13. A species in the C. pictus-species group with a black and very deep illicial trough, an extremely short illicium and esca with numerous stout black (anterior face) and white (posterior face) cirri. Gill rakers: GRi = 13–14 (3–4 + 9–10); GRii = 8–10; GRiii = 8–11; GRiv = 7–8. |
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Conservation |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin penicillatus (= brush-like), presumably in reference to the 'rostral tentacles' (illicium and esca) of the type specimens, described by McCulloch as "short thick peduncles, which are densely fimbriated". |
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Species Citation |
Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch, 1915, Biol. Res. F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 3(3): 167, pl. 33(2). Type locality: off Cape Everard, VIC, depth 160-200 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Resources |
Pencil Coffinfish, Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch 1915
References
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Ho, H.-C. & Ma, W.-C. 2016. Revision of southern African species of the anglerfish genus Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae), with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4144(2): 175-194. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.2
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Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. 2010. A new species of Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the western South Pacific, with comments on C. latipunctatus. Zootaxa 2445: 53-61. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2445.1.3
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McCulloch, A.R. 1915. Report on some fishes obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia. Part 3. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 3(3): 97-170 figs 1-3 pls 13-37 See ref at BHL
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