The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes (/ˌlɒfiɪˈfɔːrmiːz/). They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in...

The humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) is a species of black seadevil in the family of Melanocetidae, which means "black whale" in Greek. The...

The prickly anglerfish (Himantolophus appelii) is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans (apart from...

distribution of the black and white anglerfish tend to overlap greatly. A map of the distribution of anglerfish in the waters surrounding Europe and...

Bathyceratias trilynchnus, the three-starred anglerfish, is a hypothetical species of anglerfish observed by William Beebe while in his bathysphere on...

several anglerfish families, black seadevils are named for their intimidating appearance and typically pitch black skin. The humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus...

Regan, 1925 (Leftvents) Emily Osterloff. "The bizarre love life of the anglerfish". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2024. Regan, C.T. (1912). "The...

a goosefish in the family Lophiidae, also called all-mouth, American anglerfish, American monkfish, bellows-fish, devil-fish, headfish, molligut, satchel-mouth...

of the World classifies this family in the suborder Ceratioidei of the anglerfish order Lophiiformes. The double angler family name is derived from the...

The cryptic anglerfish (Histiophryne cryptacanthus) is a frogfish found in waters ranging from Taiwan to South Australia. There are an estimated 75 specimens...

meaning "arm" and Greek ichthys meaning "fish".[citation needed] Like other anglerfish, they possess an illicium, a modified dorsal fin ray above the mouth,...

Glauert's anglerfish (Allenichthys glauerti) is species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Histiophryninae in the family Antennariidae...

mollis, the ghostly seadevil or soft leftvent angler, is a species of anglerfish in the family Linophrynidae and is the only species in the genus Haplophryne...

fisherman's keep net. The second part phryne is commonly used in the names of anglerfish genera. Its use may date as far back as Aristotle and Cicero, who referred...

EOL: Frogfish: habitat Dianne J. Bray & Vanessa J. Thompson, 2011, Giant Anglerfish, Antennarius commerson, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 07 Oct 2014,...

swimmers who try to ambush their prey The first spine of the dorsal fin of anglerfish is modified like a fishing rod with a lure Alfonsino Bichirs and their...

different species in a lichen, or the permanent sexual partnership of an anglerfish, as an organism. The term "organism" (from the Ancient Greek ὀργανισμός...

part of their life cycle. Chimerism occurs naturally in adult Ceratioid anglerfish and is in fact a natural and essential part of their life cycle. Once...

Butler's frogfish, Butler's anglerfish or the blackspot anglerfish (Tathicarpus butleri), is a rare species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the...

of the World classifies this family in the suborder Ceratioidei of the anglerfish order Lophiiformes. The football fish family and genus names are derived...

at this depth apart from occasional bioluminescent organisms, such as anglerfish. No plants live here. Most animals survive on detritus known as "marine...

of the World classifies this family in the suborder Ceratioidei of the anglerfish order Lophiiformes. Within the Ceratioidei this family is a sister taxon...

netbeard seadevil, (Neoceratias spinifer), is a rarely seen deep-sea anglerfish found in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones in Oceans around the World...

Rhycherus filamentosus, commonly known as the tasselled anglerfish, is a species of frogfish endemic to southern Australia in the southwestern Pacific...

Ogcocephalidae is a family of anglerfish specifically adapted for a benthic lifestyle of crawling about on the seafloor. Ogcocephalid anglerfish are sometimes referred...

weighing over 2 t (2.0 long tons; 2.2 short tons), to the minute male anglerfish Photocorynus spiniceps, just 6.2 mm (0.24 in) long. Including not only...

  Extinct in the wild (EW): 6 species   Critically endangered (CR): 455 species   Endangered (EN): 643 species   Vulnerable (VU): 1,245 species   Near...

Melanocetus eustalus is a deep sea anglerfish in the family Melanocetidae, found off the Pacific coast of Mexico at depths down to about 1,675 m (5,500 ft)...

California The angler, Lophius piscatorius, a monkfish More generally, any anglerfish in the order Lophiiformes Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, a book written...

Bufoceratias shaoi is a species of double angler, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic and has been found at depths ranging from 0 to 1,200 metres...