''Chaunacops'' is a

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fish (anglerfish) in the family Chaunacidae. They are characterized as having globose heads, open sensory and

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canals, and loose skin covered by small spine-like scales. Colour, which has been noted as an important distinguishing characteristic, has generally been described as pink, reddish orange, or rose (Garman, 1899; Caruso, 1989b). However, recent work by Lundsten et al. (2012) suggests that juvenile ''

Chaunacops coloratus ''Chaunacops'' is a genus of lophiiform fish (anglerfish) in the family Chaunacidae. They are characterized as having globose heads, open sensory and lateral line canals, and loose skin covered by small spine-like scales. Colour, which has been ...

'' may be blue and only adults are red or rose coloured. ''

'' was first described in 1899 from a dead specimen collected during the US Albatross Expedition of 1891 at the Cocos Ridge collecting station. It is a deep-sea species of the order Lophiiformes (anglerfishes).This species is benthic, living at reported depths from 1789 to 3297 m in the east Indian and eastern Pacific oceans. It was first filmed alive at the seafloor at Davidson and Taney Seamounts in the northeast Pacific Ocean by scientists from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), California, US, using a remote-controlled vehicle. As with all members of the Lophiiformes, these fish use lures to attract prey. Many Specimens of Chaunacops are being collected from Eastern and Western Australia.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: * ''

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, 1899 * ''

Chaunacops melanostomus ''Chaunacops'' is a genus of lophiiform fish (anglerfish) in the family Chaunacidae. They are characterized as having globose heads, open sensory and lateral line canals, and loose skin covered by small spine-like scales. Colour, which has been ...

'' J. H. Caruso, 1989 (Tadpole coffinfish) * '' Chaunacops roseus'' T. Barbour, 1941 * '' Chaunacops spinosus'' H.-C. Ho & McGrouther, 2015 (Eastern tadpole coffinfish)Ho, H.-C. & McGrouther, M. (2015): A new anglerfish from eastern Australia and New Caledonia (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae: ''Chaunacops''), with new data and submersible observation of ''Chaunacops melanostomus''. ''Journal of Fish Biology, 86 (3): 940–951.''

References

External links

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Chaunacidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Samuel Garman {{Lophiiformes-stub