Furry coffinfish
Scientific name: Chaunax endeavouri Whitley, 1929
Overview
The furry coffinfish, also sometimes referred to as the coffinfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Chaunacidae, the sea toads. It is found in salty temperate waters of southwestern Pacific, off east coast of Australia.
From the Wikipedia article “Furry coffinfish”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Common names
Names in other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 恩氏單棘躄魚
- Persian
- تابوتماهی
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: FishBase.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q2487841, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Furry coffinfish”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Chin Choi Serge, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026