Chaunax | |
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Chaunax suttkusi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Family: | Chaunacidae |
Genus: | Chaunax R. T. Lowe, 1846 |
Type species | |
Chaunax pictus R. T. Lowe, 1846
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Chaunax, variously known as coffinfishes, gapers or frogmouths, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, it is one of two genera belonging to the family Chaunacidae, the sea toads. They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world typically in deep water.