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Chaunax sea toads have a rotund, slightly laterally flattened body which tapers to a small rounded caudal fin.The head is large and globelike with a large oblique mouth and eyes set high on the head.
The sea toads were first proposed as a separate family, the Chaunacidae, by the American biologist Theodore Gill in 1863. [5] Charles Tate Regan placed this family within the division Antennariformes within his suborder Lophiodea when he classified the order Pediculati, his grouping of the toadfishes and anglerfishes. [6]
NOAA's Okeanos Explorer team recently spotted a strange fish with legs during its deep sea mission. Known generally as a frog fish and specifically as a Chaunax, the underwater creature has ...
Chaunacops was first proposed as a genus in 1899 by the American ichthyologist Samuel Garman when he described Chaunacops coloratus as a new species. [1] C. coloratus was described from the "Pacific over Cocos Ridge" at 5°43'N, 85°50'W, named as Albatross station 3363 at a depth of 978 fathoms (1,789 m). [2]
The furry coffinfish is a benthic fish, it is found on muddy bottom of the ocean, Australian continental shelf and upper slope in the deep ocean, usually 200m–2500m. [7] The Indian Ocean also has two different types of coffinfish residing in its deep waters: Chaunax nebulosus and Chaunax africanus. They differ in color due to different ...
Twenty-six years ago, the world looked on as Prince William and Prince Harry said goodbye to their mom. Read on for photos of the day Diana, Princess of Wales was laid to rest.
The first scientific reference to the coffin ray was written by English zoologist and botanist George Shaw to accompany Frederick Polydore Nodder's illustrations of a beached fish, published in their 1795 work The Naturalist's Miscellany.
WARNING: The images below may be upsetting to readers. Zach Kincaid and his son say farewell to their wife and mom as well as little Alvalynn. (Images: Facebook/Zach Kincaid)