Species: Chaunax suttkusi, Pale-cavity Gaper, Spotted Frogmouth, Spotted Gaper

Chaunax suttkusi Caruso, 1989

Pale-cavity Gaper, Spotted Gaper, Spotted Frogmouth

Body rounded, slightly compressed, tapering to a small, rounded tail; head large, globular, cuboid; eyes high on side of head, covered with a clear skin window; mouth large, strongly oblique to ~vertical; teeth small, slender, sharp; gill opening small; dorsal fin in 2 parts: 1st is a single spine modified as an angling lure in a scaleless depression on snout, lure is a short stalk with a dense cluster of short threads like a short mop,2nd & 3rd spines not externally visible, snout cavity flat to slightly concave; soft dorsal on rear of body, 10-12; anal fin 0, 7 (6-7); pectorals behind mid-body, 12 (10-14); skin very loose, flaccid, covered with minute spine-like denticles, those very stout and strong; single open lateral line from base of tail fin to head, there with prominent canals, & connections to branches under eye, to chin along lower side of body to over pectorals, main part on upper body with 29-42 pores, continues with 11 (10-13) on head.

Head & body pale to rosy pink, top and sides of head and fins red; upper body often with yellow spots; lower surface of head and body whitish; snout cavity for lure pale; lure uniformly pale to dusky on all surfaces, with dark threads.

Reaches 30 cm

On soft and hard bottoms

Depth range 160-2306 m

Trans-Atlantic; S carolina to Brazil