Sea toad

The sea toads and coffinfishes are a <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a>, the Chaunacidae, of deep-sea <a href="/facts/Actinopterygii/3PNaXXmJ">ray-finned fishes</a> belonging to the monotypic <a href="/facts/Suborder/GKLJvIpt">suborder</a> Chaunacoidei within the order <a href="/facts/Lophiiformes/oTpyBSjS">Lophiiformes</a>, the anglerfishes. These are bottom-dwelling fishes found on the <a href="/facts/Continental_slope/Wgc47bX7">continental slopes</a> of the <a href="/facts/Atlantic/EI4uChIb">Atlantic</a>, <a href="/facts/Indian_Ocean/Kv0crwKG">Indian</a>, and <a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Oceans</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/New_Caledonia/VI15kA61">New Caledonia</a>. Other findings suggest some genera of Chaunacidae are found near volcanic slopes encrusted with manganese. Of the two genera in the family, <a href="/facts/Chaunacops/guIbe41q">Chaunacops</a> are typically found at deeper depths than <a href="/facts/Chaunax/hvJXfH8L">Chaunax</a>, but with considerable overlap between the two genera.

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Sea toad