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Sea toad

Chaunax endeavouri Whitley, 1929

Status not recordedbony fish

The sea toad (Chaunax endeavouri) is a species in the family Chaunacidae, order Lophiiformes.

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Quick facts about the sea toad

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sea toad live?

Not recorded

Is the sea toad endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the sea toad classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderLophiiformes
  5. familyChaunacidae
  6. genusChaunax
  7. SpeciesChaunax endeavouri Whitley, 1929
Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • CoffinfishEnglish
  • Furry anglerEnglish
  • Furry anglerfishEnglish
  • Furry coffinfishEnglish
  • žaboškleb EndeavourůvCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sea toad

Other species in the same genus Chaunax.

Coffinfish

Chaunax abei

ChaunacidaeNo free photo yet

Sea toad

Chaunax fimbriatus

ChaunacidaeNo free photo yet

Redeye

Chaunax pictus

ChaunacidaeNo free photo yet

Sea-toad

Chaunax breviradius

ChaunacidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the sea toad?

The sea toad (Chaunax endeavouri) belongs to the family Chaunacidae in the order Lophiiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sea toad (Chaunax endeavouri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chaunax-endeavouri

MLA

“Sea toad (Chaunax endeavouri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chaunax-endeavouri.

BibTeX
@misc{chaunax_endeavouri_2026,
  title = {Sea toad (Chaunax endeavouri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chaunax-endeavouri},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}