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Chaunax obscurus

Status not recordedbony fish

Chaunax obscurus is a species in the family Chaunacidae, order Lophiiformes. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Taiwan.

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Quick facts about Chaunax obscurus

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Chaunax obscurus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Chaunax obscurus is listed for 1 country.

Taiwan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Taiwan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Chaunax obscurus 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 Chaunax obscurus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderLophiiformes
  5. familyChaunacidae
  6. genusChaunax
  7. SpeciesChaunax obscurus Ho & Ma, 2022

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Chaunax obscurus

Other species in the same genus Chaunax.

Sea toad

Chaunax endeavouri

ChaunacidaeNo free photo yet

Coffinfish

Chaunax abei

ChaunacidaeNo free photo yet

Sea toad

Chaunax fimbriatus

ChaunacidaeNo free photo yet

Redeye

Chaunax pictus

ChaunacidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Chaunax obscurus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Chaunax obscurus for 1 country: Taiwan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Chaunax obscurus?

Chaunax obscurus (Chaunax obscurus) belongs to the family Chaunacidae in the order Lophiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

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

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

BibTeX
@misc{chaunax_obscurus_2026,
  title = {Chaunax obscurus (Chaunax obscurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chaunax-obscurus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}