Species that contain: Chaunax and fimbriatus [ 2 ] records

abei, Chaunax Le Danois [Y.] 1978:87, Figs. 1-2 [Cybium 3e série. Bulletin de la Société Française d'Ichtyologie No. 4; ref. 8918] South of Toba, near Nagoya, Pacific coast of Japan, Sea of Japan, depth 180 meters. Holotype: MNHN 1977-0048. Paratypes: MNHN B-3112 [ex MNHN 1977-0048] (1). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:144 [ref. 6339]. •Possibly a synonym of Chaunax fimbriatus Hilgendorf 1879 -- (Caruso in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122]). •Valid as Chaunax abei Le Danois 1978 -- (Le Danois 1979:48 [ref. 6972], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1982:189, 357 [ref. 8256], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:104 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:273, 379 [ref. 8057], Caruso 1989:160 [ref. 9287], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:634 [ref. 27969], Shinohara et al. 1996:172 [ref. 26605], Lindberg et al. 1997:228 [ref. 23547], Caruso 1999:2022 [ref. 24765], Lee & Kim 2000:29 [ref. 25725], Nakabo 2000:459 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:309 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:459 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:213, 541 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:419 [ref. 28370], Ho & Shao 2010:53 [ref. 30799], Shinohara et al. 2014:243 [ref. 33330], Ho et al. 2015:307 [ref. 33915], Motomura et al. 2015:16 [ref. 34709], Ho et al. 2016:135 [ref. 34379], Ho & Ma 2022:176 [ref. 39629]). Current status: Valid as Chaunax abei Le Danois 1978. Chaunacidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam. Habitat: marine.

fimbriatus, Chaunax Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1879:80 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1879; ref. 18288] Off Tokyo, Japan. Holotype: ZMB 9900. •Synonym of Chaunax pictus Lowe 1846 -- (Monod 1973:665 [ref. 7193], Pietsch 1990:489 [ref. 15577]). •Valid as Chaunax fimbriatus Hilgendorf 1879 -- (Le Danois 1979:41 [ref. 6972], Kyushin et al. 1982:311 [ref. 19754], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:104 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1985:647, 753 [ref. 8056], Caruso 1989:160 [ref. 9287], Paxton et al. 1989:282 [ref. 12442], Chave & Mundy 1994:367 [ref. 22375], Chen et al. 1997:188 [ref. 26476], Lindberg et al. 1997:228 [ref. 23547], Caruso 1999:2022 [ref. 24765], Lee & Kim 2000:30 [ref. 25725], Nakabo 2000:459 [ref. 25086], Caruso in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847] as cf. fimbriatus, Shinohara et al. 2001:309 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:459 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:419 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:266 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:651 [ref. 28995], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Ho & Last 2013:444 [ref. 32892], Larson et al. 2013:55 [ref. 32988], Ho & Ma 2022:176 [ref. 39629]). Current status: Valid as Chaunax fimbriatus Hilgendorf 1879. Chaunacidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.