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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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)...

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...

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...

includes the tuna, seahorses, gobies, cichlids, flatfish, wrasse, perches, anglerfish, and pufferfish. Percomorpha are the most diverse group of teleost fish...

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...

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...

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...

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...

species in the genus is Phyllophryne scortea, the white-spotted anglerfish, smooth anglerfish or smooth frogfish, which is endemic to southern Australia....

abandoned streamlining in favour of other body shapes. Ambush predator: anglerfish Streamlined, somewhat warm-blooded: mackerel Tail not used for swimming:...

Porophryne erythrodactylus, the red-fingered anglerfish, red-footed frogfish, Bare Island anglerfish or Sydney anglerfish, which is endemism to the waters off...