Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 4. Illicium short, its base in advance of eye; rays of pectoral and unpaired fins sparsely pigmented, except their bases black; two pairs of swellings in the distal end of esca, almost equal in size and shape (Ref. 13608).

Common Names

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Reinhardts fakkelangler , Danish , Denmark

Voetbalvis , Dutch , Netherlands

Atlantic footballfish , English , USA

Harilik kilpõngitseja , Estonian , Estonia

Lúsífer , Icelandic , Iceland

Chôchin-ankô , Japanese , Japan

多指鞭冠鮟鱇 , Mandarin Chinese , China

疏刺鮟鱇 , Mandarin Chinese , China

疏刺鮟鱇 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

Maszkara , Polish , Poland

Peixe-de-farol , Portuguese , Cape Verde

гимантолоф , Russian , Russia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Himantolophidae

Genus: Himantolophus

Species: Himantolophus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1837

Climate Zone

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bathypelagic

Location

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Biology

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Dwarf males of 4 cm length apparently do not become parasitically attached to females.

Habitat

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bathypelagic