Krøyer's deep sea angler fish
| Krøyer's deep sea angler fish | |
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| Female with a parasitic male on the belly, preparation at the Zoological Museum of Saint Petersburg | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Ceratiidae |
| Genus: | Ceratias |
| Species: | C. holboelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845 | |
The Krøyer's deep sea angler fish, Ceratias holboelli, is a seadevil of the family Ceratiidae, 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).[1] Females typically are 77 cm (2.53 ft) long, but can reach 120 cm (3.9 ft).[1] The much smaller males only reach 16 cm (0.52 ft) and they are parasitic, as they attach themselves to a female.[1]
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.[2]
References
- 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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