Haplophryne mollis

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Haplophryne mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Linophrynidae
Genus: Haplophryne
Regan, 1912
Species: H. mollis
Binomial name
Acertias mollis
A. B. Brauer, 1902
Synonyms
  • Aceratias mollis Brauer 1902
  • Aceratias macrorhinus indicus Murray and Hjort 1912
  • Edriolychnus schmidti Regan 1925
  • Edriolychnus sp. Regan and Trewavas 1932
  • Edriolychnus macracanthus Regan and Trewavas 1932
  • Edriolychnus radians Regan and Trewavas 1932
  • Edriolychnus roulei Regan and Trewavas 1932
  • Haplophryne simus Borodin 1930
  • Haplophryne triregium Whitley and Phillipps 1939
  • Hyaloceratias parri Koefoed 1944
  • Hyaloceratias sp. Bertelsen 1951
Haplophryne mollis

The ghostly seadevil[1] (Haplophryne mollis) is a commonly caught species of leftvent anglerfish.

Appearance

Unlike most other deepsea anglerfish, H. mollis lacks pigmentation, and both genders appear pallid and translucent, with the musculature and portions of the skeleton clearly showing. Free-living males differ from the adult and juvenile females by the noticeable lack of a short, bubble-like esca and having comparatively small fins. Adult females differ from juvenile females by having spine-like ornamentation above the eyes and at the corners of the jaws.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pietsch, Theodore (2009). Oceanic Anglerfishes Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-520-25542-5. 
  2. ↑ Pietsch, Theodore (2009). Oceanic Anglerfishes Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. pp. 155–157. ISBN 978-0-520-25542-5. 

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