Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Chaunacidae

Genus: Chaunax

Species: Chaunax stigmaeus Fowler, 1946

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to Norfolk Canyon.

Biology

One of the specimens (NCSM 41116) represents a new size record for the species (25.5 cm SL, 30.5 cm TL), and another (GMBL 02788) represents a southerly range extension (31°23.94'N). All specimens observed exhibited similar behaviors of sitting on the bottom on top of dense beds of dead coral (Lophelia pertusa) (Ref. 58471).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless