Ceratias

Ceratias
Kroyer's Deep-sea Angler Fish (C. holboelli)
Stargazing Seadevil (C. uranoscopus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Ceratiidae
Genus: Ceratias
Krøyer, 1845
Type species
Ceratias holboelli
Krøyer, 1845
Synonyms
  • Mancalias Gill, 1878
  • Miopsaras Gilbert, 1905
  • Parrichthys Barbour, 1942
  • Reganichthys Bigelow & Barbour, 1944
  • Reganula Bigelow & Barbour, 1944
  • Typlopsaras Gill, 1883
  • Miopsaras myops Gilbert, 1905 (nomen dubium)[1]
  • Typhloceratias firthi Barbour, 1942b(nomen dubium)[1]
  • Parrichthys merrimani Barbour, 1942b (nomen dubium)[1]

Ceratias is a genus of anglerfish in the family Ceratiidae.[2]

Species

  • Ceratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845 (Krøyer's deep sea angler fish)
  • Ceratias tentaculatus Norman, 1930 (southern seadevil)
  • Ceratias uranoscopus J. Murray, 1877 (stargazing seadevil)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pietsch, Theodore W. (2009). Oceanic anglerfishes: extraordinary diversity in the deep sea. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 323–328. ISBN 978-0-520-94255-4. OCLC 1298208235.
  2. ↑ "Species in genus Ceratias, FishBase".
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