- The
anglerfish are ray-finned fish in the
order Lophiiformes (/ˌlɒfiɪˈfɔːrmiːz/). Both the order's
common and
scientific name
comes from the characteristic...
- The
humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) is a
species of
black seadevil in the
family of Melanocetidae,
which means "black sea monster". The species...
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distribution of the
black and
white anglerfish tend to
overlap greatly. A map of the
distribution of
anglerfish in the
waters surrounding Europe and...
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several anglerfish families,
black seadevils are
named for
their intimidating appearance and
typically pitch black skin. The
humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus...
- of a
process called parabiosis. The esca, the
defining feature of all
anglerfish groups, are
bioluminescent in the deep-sea anglerfishes,
attracting prey...
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Bathyceratias trilynchnus, the three-starred
anglerfish, is a
hypothetical species of
anglerfish observed by
William Beebe while in his
bathysphere on...
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meaning "arm" and Gr****
ichthys meaning "fish".[citation needed] Like
other anglerfish, they
possess an illicium, a
modified dorsal fin ray
above the mouth,...
- of the
World classifies this
family in the
suborder Ceratioidei of the
anglerfish order Lophiiformes.
Within the
Ceratioidei this
family is a
sister taxon...
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Ogcocephalidae is a
family of
anglerfish specifically adapted for a
benthic lifestyle of
crawling about on the seafloor.
Ogcocephalid anglerfish are
sometimes referred...
- The
cryptic anglerfish (Histiophryne cryptacanthus) is a
frogfish found in
waters ranging from
Taiwan to
South Australia.
There are an
estimated 75 specimens...
