Pink frogmouth
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The pink frogmouth, Chaunax pictus, is a sea toad
of the family
Chaunacidae, found around the world on continental shelves in tropical and temperate waters (except the Caribbean Sea
), at depths of between 200 and 660 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.
Sea toad
Coffinfish are a family, Chaunacidae, of deep-sea anglerfishes.They are bottom-dwelling fishes found on the continental slopes of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, at depths of up to ....
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Chaunacidae, found around the world on continental shelves in tropical and temperate waters (except the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
), at depths of between 200 and 660 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.