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Pink frogmouth

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Pink frogfish
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C. pictus
Binomial name
Chaunax pictus

The pink frogmouth, Chaunax pictus, is a sea toad of the family Chaunacidae, found around the world on continental shelves in tropical and temperate waters (except the Caribbean Sea), at depths of between 200 and 660 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaunax pictus". FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8