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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lophiiformes

Scientific name
  
Chaunax

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Chaunacidae

Higher classification
  
Sea toad

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Lower classifications
  
Pink frogmouth, Redeye gaper

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Chaunax is a genus of bony fish in the sea toad family Chaunacidae. They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world and most species are found a depths between 180 and 1,100 m (590 and 3,610 ft), but C. endeavouri occurs as shallow as 50 m (160 ft) and C. fimbriatus as deep as 1,985 m (6,512 ft). Depending on the exact species involved, they reach a total length of 11–40 cm (4.3–15.7 in).

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The chaunax


Species

There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus:

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  • Chaunax abei Y. Le Danois, 1978
  • Chaunax africanus H. C. Ho & Last, 2013 (African coffinfish)
  • Chaunax apus Lloyd, 1909
  • Chaunax atimovatae H. C. Ho & W. C. Ma, 2016
  • Chaunax brachysomus H. C. Ho, Kawai & Satria, 2015 (Short-body frogmouth)
  • Chaunax breviradius Y. Le Danois, 1978
  • Chaunax endeavouri Whitley, 1929 (Coffinfish)
  • Chaunax fimbriatus Hilgendorf, 1879 (Tasselled coffinfish)
  • Chaunax flammeus Y. Le Danois, 1979
  • Chaunax flavomaculatus H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 2013 (Yellow-spot frogmouth)
  • Chaunax gomoni H. C. Ho, Kawai & Satria, 2015 (Gomon’s frogmouth)
  • Chaunax heemstraorum H. C. Ho & W. C. Ma, 2016
  • Chaunax hollemani H. C. Ho & W. C. Ma, 2016
  • Chaunax latipunctatus Y. Le Danois, 1984
  • Chaunax mulleus H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 2013 (Red-shoes frogmouth)
  • Chaunax multilepis H. C. Ho, Meleppura & Bineesh, 2016 (Indian spotted coffinfish)
  • Chaunax nebulosus H. C. Ho & Last, 2013 (Eye-spot coffinfish)
  • Chaunax nudiventer H. C. Ho & K. T. Shao, 2010 (Naked-belly coffinfish)
  • Chaunax penicillatus McCulloch, 1915 (Pencil coffinfish)
  • Chaunax pictus R. T. Lowe, 1846 (Pink frogmouth)
  • Chaunax reticulatus H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 2013 (Netted frogmouth)
  • Chaunax russatus H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 2013 (Red coffinfish)
  • Chaunax stigmaeus Fowler, 1946 (Red-eye coffinfish)
  • Chaunax suttkusi J. H. Caruso, 1989
  • Chaunax umbrinus C. H. Gilbert, 1905

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    References

    Chaunax Wikipedia
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