Prickly anglerfish
| Prickly anglerfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Himantolophidae |
| Genus: | Himantolophus |
| Species: | H. appelii |
| Binomial name | |
| Himantolophus appelii (F. E. Clarke, 1878) | |
The prickly anglerfish (Himantolophus appelii) is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans (apart from eastern Pacific), in deep water. Its length is up to 40 cm (16 in). It is a mesopelagic species.
Named in honour of Mr Appel who provided F. E. Clarke with a specimen.[1]
References
- ↑ Clarke, F. E. (1877). "On two new Fishes.". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961 10: 244. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Himantolophus appelii" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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