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| Sea toad | |
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| Chaunacops cf. melanostomus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Suborder: | Chaunacoidei Pietsch & Grobecker, 1987 |
| Family: | Chaunacidae Gill, 1863 |
| Genera | |
The sea toads and coffinfishes are a family, the Chaunacidae, of deep-sea ray-finned fishes belonging to the monotypic suborder Chaunacoidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes.[1][2] These are bottom-dwelling fishes found on the continental slopes of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans,[3] at depths to at least 2,460 m (8,070 ft). There have also been findings of deep-sea anglerfishes off the coasts of Australia and New Caledonia.[4] Other findings suggest some genera of Chaunacidae are found near volcanic slopes encrusted with manganese.[4] Of the two genera in the family, Chaunacops are typically found at deeper depths than Chaunax, but with considerable overlap between the two genera.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Chaunacidae". FishBase. February 2006 version.
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