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Bufoceratias wedli
Frederick Hermanus Van der Bank, University of Johannesburg, Copyrighted free use, via Wikimedia Commons

Other fish (coast and sea)

Bufoceratias wedli

LC Least Concern

Names

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Chinese韦氏蟾蜍角𩽾𩾌
Scientific nameBufoceratias wedli (Pietschmann, 1926)

About this species

Bufoceratias wedli is a species of deep sea marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Diceratiidae, the double anglers. This anglerfish is found in deep water over the continental shelf in the tropical and subtropical areas of the Eastern and Western Atlantic Oceans. It is the type species of the genus Bufoceratias and like other members of that genus is known only from adult females, the unknown males are thought to be free living rather than sexual parasites of the females like those of some other deep sea anglerfishes.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderLophiiformes
FamilyDiceratiidae
GenusBufoceratias

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