Melanocetus rossi
Melanocetus rossi is a species of black seadevil, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic; the only example collected by humans was found in the Ross Sea at a depth of 390 metres (1,280 ft).[1]
| Melanocetus rossi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Melanocetidae |
| Genus: | Melanocetus |
| Species: | M. rossi |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanocetus rossi Balushkin & Fedorov, 1981 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Melanocetus rossi in FishBase. June 2016 version.
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