Image: Tadpole Coffinfish from off north-west Cape
Description
A 7 cm female (upper) and a 6 cm male Tadpole Coffinfish trawled at a depth between 1460 m and 1700 m, off north-west Cape, Western Australia, January 1991 (AMS I.31151-004).
- Photographer:
- Mark McGrouther
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Tadpole Coffinfish
- Scientific name:
- Chaunacops melanostomus
- Family:
- Chaunacidae
- Order:
- Lophiiformes
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Heads of A male (left) and female Tadpole Coffinfish View full size
Mark McGrouther
© Australian Museum
Tadpole Coffinfish, Chaunacops melanostomus View full size
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