Chaunax
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).
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 29 known species
Suttkus Sea Toad
speciesChaunax suttkusi
Coffinfish
speciesChaunax abei
Chaunax fimbriatus
speciesChaunax fimbriatus
Redeye Gaper
speciesChaunax stigmaeus
Furry Coffinfish
speciesChaunax endeavouri
Chaunax multilepis
speciesChaunax multilepis
Pencil Coffinfish
speciesChaunax penicillatus
Painted Anglerfish
speciesChaunax pictus
Tassled Coffinfish
speciesChaunax breviradius
Chaunax apus
speciesChaunax apus
Chaunax flammeus
speciesChaunax flammeus
Eyespot Coffinfish
speciesChaunax nebulosus
Naked-belly Coffinfish
speciesChaunax nudiventer
Netted Frogmouth
speciesChaunax reticulatus
African Coffinfish
speciesChaunax africanus
Chaunax flavomaculatus
speciesChaunax flavomaculatus
Chaunax latipunctatus
speciesChaunax latipunctatus
Chaunax mulleus
speciesChaunax mulleus
Chaunax russatus
speciesChaunax russatus
Southern Frogmouth
speciesChaunax atimovatae
Heemstras' Frogmouth
speciesChaunax heemstraorum
Chaunax hollemani
speciesChaunax hollemani
Chaunax gomoni
speciesChaunax gomoni
Chaunax obscurus
speciesChaunax obscurus
Chaunax erythraeus
speciesChaunax erythraeus
Chaunax albatrossae
speciesChaunax albatrossae
Chaunax viridiretis
speciesChaunax viridiretis
Chaunax brachysomus
speciesChaunax brachysomus
Chaunax umbrinus
speciesChaunax umbrinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87376.