Chaunax mulleus Ho, Roberts & Stewart, 2013
Redshoes frogmouth

Family:  Chaunacidae (Sea toads o coffinfishes)
Max. size:  16.1 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 720 - 1100 m
Distribution:  Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-12; Anal soft rays: 6-7. This species is distinguished in having a uniformly pinkish colour with deep red colour on under side of distal half of pectoral and pelvic fins and lower margin of caudal fin; further distinguished from its congeners in having the following characters: modally 1 spine on each side of lateral line neuromast complex; often with 12 pectoral-fin rays; thin and tapering caudal peduncle; illicium relatively short and thick; esca whitish with some pink cirri when fresh; greyish gill chamber and gill arches; gill rakers - GRi =17-18 (3-4+14); GRii 14-15; GRiii 14-15; GRiv =12; lateral-line neuromast counts - AB =11-13 (mainly 12); AC =8-9 (8); BB' =4-5 (4); BD =2-3; CD =6-8 (6-7); EF =3-6 (4); FG =4-5 (4); GH =11-15 (12-14); BI =32-40 (Ref. 90886).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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