Description

A species of Diceratias with esca having distinct anterior and posterior appendages. Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed female: relatively small esca, width about equal to length; low rounded terminal escal papilla; well developed anterior and posterior escal appendages, usually bearing small secondary filaments; bulbous anterior escal appendage, sometimes branched; laterally compressed posterior escal appendage, row of small secondary filaments along outer margin, at most 5; posterobasal margin of terminal papilla with escal pore; lower jaw with 14-65 teeth, upper jaw with 18-99 teeth; vomerine teeth 4-9 (Ref. 86949).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Diceratiidae

Genus: Diceratias

Species: Diceratias bispinosus (Günther, 1887)

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-Pacific: Bay of Bengal, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.

Biology

Specimens captured in closing trawls or taken in open nets (Ref. 86949).

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless