Ceratias tentaculatus
Ceratias tentaculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Family: | Ceratiidae |
Genus: | Ceratias |
Species: | C. tentaculatus
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Binomial name | |
Ceratias tentaculatus Norman, 1930
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Ceratias tentaculatus, commonly known as the southern seadevil, is a species of sea devil, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathydemersal and can be found at depths ranging from 100 to 2,900 metres (330 to 9,510 ft). It is endemic to the Southern Hemisphere.[1]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Ceratias tentaculatus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
Categories:
- Ceratiidae
- Deep sea fish
- Fish described in 1930
- Taxa named by John Roxborough Norman
- Lophiiformes stubs