Short-body frogmouth
📖 Overview
Short-body frogmouth (Chaunax brachysomus), first described by Ho, Kawai & Satria, 2015 is a medium-sized fish in the family Chaunacidae (order Lophiiformes). Adults typically reach 17.70 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 519 to 581 metres. It occurs in Tropical waters. Diet is predominantly piscivorous, targeting other fish and larger prey. On the IUCN Red List, it is classified as Data Deficient.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal soft rays: 7. This species of the Chaunax abei-group with uniform pink body when fresh and with a mixture of broad-based and narrowbased spinules on ventral surface is distinguished by the following set of characters: pectoral-fin rays 13; head large, its head length 44.4% SL and width 20.5% SL; tail short (lail length 1 = 24.2% SL, 2 =16.0% SL and 3 =14.4% SL); rakers on second gill arch 9; lateral line neuromasts in pectoral series 12 or 13 and in lateral-line proper 33 .Cross section: flattened.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Short-body frogmouth is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 519 - 581 m . Tropical Indian Ocean: Indonesia.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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