A Tadpole Coffinfish (most likely Chaunacops melanostomus), photographed at a depth of approximately 1417 m, North West Shelf, about 200km northwest of Barrow Island, Western Australia.
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Last Updated: 3 May 2011
Tags fishes, ichthyology, Tadpole Coffinfish, Chaunacops melanostomus, Chaunacidae,
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