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Pencil coffinfish (Chaunax penicillatus)
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Ecological Illustration of Pencil coffinfish (Chaunax penicillatus)
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Chaunacidae

Pencil coffinfish

Chaunax penicillatus

Chaunacid Fish of Coastal Waters

  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium

Pencil coffinfish is a marine fish of Indo-West Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 28 cm.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Anglerfishes
Family
Chaunacidae
Genus
Chaunax
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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