Chaunax fimbriatus
Amazing fact
The honfusa sea toad has large round yellow spots at the center of its back and in front of its dorsal fin.
美しく豊かな静岡の海を未来につなぐ会
No sign-up needed. You can save notes on this device.
An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The honfusa sea toad has large round yellow spots at the center of its back and in front of its dorsal fin.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Chaunax fimbriatus
- Scientific name
- Chaunax fimbriatus
- Japanese name
- ホンフサアンコウ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Chaunacidae
- Genus
- Chaunax
A kind of sea toad that lives from Japan's Pacific coast and the East China Sea to the South China Sea and the waters around Australia.
Basic data
- Range
- East China Sea, Paracel Islands, southern Greater Sunda Islands, northwestern and eastern Australia, Coral Sea, and elsewhere
Where the Chaunax fimbriatus has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ホンフサアンコウ
- 简体中文
- 单棘躄鱼
- 繁體中文
- 單棘躄魚
- Русский
- Японский хаунакс
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ホンフサアンコウChecked: 2026-11-04
- 美しく豊かな静岡の海を未来につなぐ会 — ホンフサアンコウChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeRELATIVES
Others in Chaunacidae
MORE TO MEET
