The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes (/ˌlɒfiɪˈfɔːrmiːz/). They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in...
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The humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) is a species of black seadevil in the family of Melanocetidae, which means "black whale" in Greek. The...
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The prickly anglerfish (Himantolophus appelii) is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans (apart from...
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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...
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The cryptic anglerfish (Histiophryne cryptacanthus) is a frogfish found in waters ranging from Taiwan to South Australia. There are an estimated 75 specimens...
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Ceratioidei (redirect from Deep-sea anglerfish)
Regan, 1925 (Leftvents) Emily Osterloff. "The bizarre love life of the anglerfish". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2024. Regan, C.T. (1912). "The...
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Thaumatichthyidae (redirect from Wolftrap anglerfish)
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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Double angler (redirect from Double anglerfish)
of the World classifies this family in the suborder Ceratioidei of the anglerfish order Lophiiformes. The double angler family name is derived from the...
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Lophius americanus (redirect from American anglerfish)
a goosefish in the family Lophiidae, also called all-mouth, American anglerfish, American monkfish, bellows-fish, devil-fish, headfish, molligut, satchel-mouth...
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Handfish (redirect from Warty anglerfish)
meaning "arm" and Greek ichthys meaning "fish".[citation needed] Like other anglerfish, they possess an illicium, a modified dorsal fin ray above the mouth,...
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Glauert's anglerfish (Allenichthys glauerti) is species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Histiophryninae in the family Antennariidae...
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Commerson's frogfish (redirect from Giant Anglerfish)
EOL: Frogfish: habitat Dianne J. Bray & Vanessa J. Thompson, 2011, Giant Anglerfish, Antennarius commerson, in Fishes of Australia, accessed 07 Oct 2014,...
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Rhycherus filamentosus (redirect from Tasselled anglerfish)
Rhycherus filamentosus, commonly known as the tasselled anglerfish, is a species of frogfish endemic to southern Australia in the southwestern Pacific...
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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...
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Haplophryne (redirect from Soft Leafvent Anglerfish)
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...
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different species in a lichen, or the permanent sexual partnership of an anglerfish, as an organism. The term "organism" (from the Ancient Greek ὀργανισμός...
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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)...
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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...
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Butler's frogfish (redirect from Blackspot anglerfish)
Butler's frogfish, Butler's anglerfish or the blackspot anglerfish (Tathicarpus butleri), is a rare species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the...
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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...
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List of recently extinct fishes (section Anglerfish)
Extinct in the wild (EW): 6 species Critically endangered (CR): 455 species Endangered (EN): 643 species Vulnerable (VU): 1,245 species Near...
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includes the tuna, seahorses, gobies, cichlids, flatfish, wrasse, perches, anglerfish, and pufferfish. Percomorpha are the most diverse group of teleost fish...
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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...
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clip; Figure 8, wearing a headpiece with a luminous bulb imitating an anglerfish. At the 2016 Venice Biennale, Lamy transformed an old container ship into...
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large triangular heads, leftvents possess a body plan typical of deep-sea anglerfish. In females only, long, sharp fang-like teeth line the jaws of a cavernous...
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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 are the most...
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species in the genus is Phyllophryne scortea, the white-spotted anglerfish, smooth anglerfish or smooth frogfish, which is endemic to southern Australia....
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abandoned streamlining in favour of other body shapes. Ambush predator: anglerfish Streamlined, somewhat warm-blooded: mackerel Tail not used for swimming:...
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Porophryne erythrodactylus, the red-fingered anglerfish, red-footed frogfish, Bare Island anglerfish or Sydney anglerfish, which is endemism to the waters off...
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