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Chaunax nudiventer Ho & Shao, 2010

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Chaunax nudiventer Ho & Shao, 2010
Name authority
Ho & Shao, 2010
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Lophiiformes
Family
Chaunacidae
Genus
Chaunax
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderLophiiformes
  11. suborderChaunacoidei
  12. familyChaunacidae Gill, 1863
  13. genusChaunax Lowe, 1846
  14. speciesChaunax nudiventer Ho & Shao, 2010

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Chaunax. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Chaunax heemstraorum Ho & Ma, 2016ChaunacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chaunax hollemani Ho & Ma, 2016ChaunacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978ChaunacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chaunax africanus Ho & Last, 2013ChaunacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chaunax endeavouri Whitley, 1929ChaunacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chaunax flavomaculatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013ChaunacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch, 1915ChaunacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chaunax reticulatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013ChaunacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chaunax russatus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013ChaunacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 11 records assigned to Chaunacidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Ho, H.-C.; Shao, K.-T. (2010). A new species of Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the western South Pacific, with comment on C. latipunctatus. Zootaxa, 2445: 53–61. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2445.1.3 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:TQSN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.