Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Chaunacidae

Genus: Chaunax

Species: Chaunax abei Le Danois, 1978

Climate Zone

Location

• Northwestern Pacific: restricted to the area, from Japan to southern Taiwan and into the South China Sea.

Biology

Found in the sublittoral to upper bathyal zone (Ref. 11230).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless