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 , but C. endeavouri occurs as shallow as and C. fimbriatus as deep as . Depending on the exact species involved, they reach a total length of . 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