penicillatus, Chaunax McCulloch [A. R.] 1915:167, Pl. 33 (fig. 2) [Biological Results Endeavour v. 3 (pt 3); ref. 2941] 60 kilometers southwest of Cape Everard, Victoria, Australia, depth 160-200 fathoms. Holotype: AMS E.5488. Paratype:AMS I.13605 (1). •Mention -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:228 [ref. 23547]). •Valid as Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch 1915 -- (Le Danois 1979:34 [ref. 6972], Smith 1986:370 [ref. 5712], Caruso 1989:161 [ref. 9287], Paxton et al. 1989:282 [ref. 12442], Adam et al. 1998:10 [ref. 23610] as pencillatus, Caruso 1999:2022 [ref. 24765], Caruso in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Paxton et al. 2006:651 [ref. 28995], Gomon & Ho 2008:377 [ref. 30639], Ho & Shao 2010:53 [ref. 30799], Ho et al. 2013:99 [ref. 32500], Ho & Last 2013:444 [ref. 32892], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:110 [ref. 36167], Ho et al. 2015:306 [ref. 33915], Ho 2015:893 [ref. 34268], Ho & Ma 2016:191 [ref. 34612], Fricke et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35805], Rajeeshkumar et al. 2019:2 [ref. 37105], Koeda et al. 2021:5 [ref. 38857], Ho & Caruso 2022:300 [ref. 39711], Ho & Ma 2022:178 [ref. 39629]). Current status: Valid as Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch 1915. Chaunacidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and Madagascar east to French Polynesia, north to southern Japan, south to Chatham Rise (New Zealand), New Caledonia and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.