Chaunax

Chaunax, variously known as coffinfishes, gapers, or frogmouths, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes. It is one of two genera belonging to the family Chaunacidae, the sea toads. They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world, typically in deep water.

== Taxonomy == thumb|left|A sea toad of the genus Chaunax along the west wall of [[Mona Canyon off Puerto Rico on 13 April 2015.]] Chaunax was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1846 by the English naturalist Richard Thomas Lowe when he described Chaunax pictus as a new species from Madeira. There are three species groups within the genus: C. pictus, containing three species; C. abei, containing 17 species; and C. fimbriatus, containing nine species. This genus is classified within the family Chaunacidae, the sea toads, one of two genera in that family. The sea toads are placed within the monotypic suborder Chaunacoidei within the anglerfish order Lophiiformes.