- Cretaceous. A 2010
mitochondrial genome phylogenetic study suggested the
anglerfishes diversified in a
short period of the
early to mid-Cretaceous, between...
- The
footballfish form a family, Himantolophidae, of globose, deep-sea
anglerfishes found in
tropical and
subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and...
- of
anglerfishes. They are
found in deep,
lightless waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and
Pacific Oceans. They are
distinguished from
other anglerfishes by...
- fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are
various species of
lophiid anglerfishes found in the
Atlantic and
Indian Oceans.
Lophius is
known as the "monk"...
- of
marine ray-finned
fishes belonging to the
order Lophiiformes, the
anglerfishes.
These fishes are
found in all the world's
oceans except for the Antarctic...
- the
illicium (the
bioluminescent lure
present in
other anglerfishes). As in
other anglerfishes, the male is very much
smaller than the female, and after...
- biodiversitylibrary.org/part/61580#/summary Pietsch, T. W. (2009).
Oceanic Anglerfishes:
Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea (1 ed.).
University of California...
-
species in the
family Centrophrynidae,
distinguished from
other deep-sea
anglerfishes by
various characters including four
pectoral radials, an
anterior spine...
-
scales (when present) are conical, hollow, and translucent. Like
other anglerfishes,
black seadevils possess an
illicium and esca; the
former being a modified...
- from the fishes' forehead. They are
among the most
widespread of the
anglerfishes,
found in all
oceans from the
tropics to the Antarctic. They are large...
