Английская Википедия:Chaunax

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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 at depths between Шаблон:Convert, but C. endeavouri occurs as shallow as Шаблон:Convert and C. fimbriatus as deep as Шаблон:Convert. Depending on the exact species involved, they reach a total length of Шаблон:Convert.

Species

There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus:

• 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

Description

The Head and body of the Chaunax suttkusi fish is a pale to rosy pink, with the tops and sides of the head and fins being red; the upper body frequently has yellow dots; while the lower surfaces are whitish. Lures are uniformly pale to dusky on all surfaces with dark threads in the nose cavity.

Habitat and diet

Members of the fish are primarily found near the ocean floor, along coral reefs, oysters, soft bottoms, and near muddy substrates. Their eating habits revolve around the oceanic floor, where there are occasionally only a few small marine species to be found. As a result, they developed an energy-saving mechanism to allow them to survive on less food. The fish family is a consistent predator. They move slowly enough that their prey is unaware of their existence. In the depths of the ocean floor, they prey on nearly anything, such as small marine fishes that may be part of their diet.Шаблон:Cn