| Family: |
Chaunacidae (Sea toads o coffinfishes) |
| Max. size: |
17.7 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 519 - 581 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-12; Anal soft rays: 7-7. This species of the Chaunax abei-group with uniform pink body when fresh and with a mixture of broad-based and narrowbased spinules on ventral surface is distinguished by the following set of characters: pectoral-fin rays 13; head large, its head length 44.4% SL and width 20.5% SL; tail short (lail length 1 = 24.2% SL, 2 =16.0% SL and 3 =14.4% SL); rakers on second gill arch 9; lateral line neuromasts in pectoral series 12 or 13 and in lateral-line proper 33 (Ref. 117885). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 12 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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