Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal soft rays: 5 - 7.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Chaunacidae

Genus: Chaunax

Species: Chaunax suttkusi Caruso, 1989

Climate Zone

Location

• Eastern Atlantic: Azores to Angola. Western Atlantic: South Carolina to the Rio Grande Plateau.

Biology

Off Venezuela, Caribbean Sea, 11°40'N, 62°33'W, 585-622 m.

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless