Krøyer's deep sea angler fish

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Krøyer's deep sea angler fish
Северная церапия.jpg
Female with a parasitic male on the belly, preparation at the Zoological Museum of Saint Petersburg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Ceratiidae
Genus: Ceratias
Species:
C. holboelli
Binomial name
Ceratias holboelli
Krøyer, 1845

Krøyer's deep sea angler fish (Ceratias holboelli) is a species of fish in the family Ceratiidae, the sea devils. This deep-sea anglerfish is found in all oceans, at depths of 0 to 4,400 m (0 to 14,436 ft), but mainly between 400 and 2,000 m (1,300 and 6,600 ft).[2] Females typically are 77 cm (2.53 ft) long, but can reach 120 cm (3.9 ft).[2] The much smaller males only reach 16 cm (6.3 in) and they are symbiotic, as they attach themselves to a female.[2]

The species' scientific epithet commemorates Carl Peter Holbøll, a Danish civil servant and early explorer of the fauna of Greenland. Several specimens have been found in the stomachs of sperm whales caught in the Azores and in the Antarctic.[3]

Other common names include longray seadevil and northern seadevil.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Munroe, T.; Costa, M.; Kobyliansky, S.; Arnold, R. (2015). "Ceratias holboelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T18127741A21910125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T18127741A21910125.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Ceratias holboelli" in FishBase. January 2014 version.
  3. ^ CLARKE, R., 1956. "Sperm whales of the Azores". Discovery Reports, 28: 237-298, pis I-II.

Further reading[]

  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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