Coffinfish

• Main Author: Gates, A
• Other Authors: Caruso, J
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oceaneering 2012
• Subjects: Chaunacidae (Sea toads); Chaunax fimbriatus; Cachalote; Pacific; cachalote
• Online Access: http://archive.serpentproject.com/2585/

This specimen is a Chaunax. It’s a member of the Chaunax fimbriatus group, and perhaps even C. fimbriatus. The systematics of the Indo-Pacific chaunacids has yet to be resolved, so identification is Chaunax, c.f. fimbriatus.