Himantolophus macroceras

Himantolophus macroceras is a species of footballfish, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic and has been found as deep as 2,100 metres (6,900 ft). It is endemic to the east central Atlantic Ocean.[1]

Himantolophus macroceras
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Lophiiformes
Family:
Himantolophidae
Genus:
Himantolophus
Species:
H. macroceras
Binomial name
Himantolophus macroceras
Bertelsen & G. Krefft, 1988

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Himantolophus macroceras in FishBase. June 2016 version.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.