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Centrophrynidae Bertelsen, 1951 (Prickly seadevils) It is
presumed that
Ceratioids derive from an
ancestor resembling modern Chaunacoids (deep-sea sea toads)...
- near Monterey,
California at 1,474
metres depth, an ROV
filmed a
female ceratioid anglerfish of the
genus Oneirodes for 24 minutes. When approached, the...
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simple handling. Male Melanocetidae,
while dwarfed, are
unlike all
other ceratioid families.
Males are free-living
rather than parasitic. Instead, Melanocetus...
-
reach ****ual
maturity without the
presence of the
other ****. In
parasitic ceratioids,
metamorphosed males usually attach to the
female before they
reach ****ual...
- Lophiiformes. This
species is the only
member of its genus. Like
other Ceratioids, this
species is
notable for its
extreme ****ual dimorphism. The triplewart...
- Oceans, as well as the
Southern Ocean.
Footballfishes are one of the
ceratioid groups in
which the
males are free
living and non-parasitic on the females...
- in the
bathypelagic zone of
tropical and
subtropical oceans. Like all
ceratioids, the
female is
significantly larger than
parasitic male. The
literal translation...
- parasitism, and **** revisited:
modes of
reproduction among deep-sea
ceratioid anglerfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes)".
Ichthyological Research. 52 (3):...
- to them. It
turned out that
these "parasites" were
highly reduced male
ceratioid anglerfish; the
males of all
species of
anglerfish are much
smaller than...
-
family when he was
describing specimens of
previously unknown species of
ceratioid fishes collected from the
North Atlantic, the
Caribbean Sea and the Gulf...
