Krøyer's deep sea angler fish

Krøyer's Deep-Sea Angler Fish
Female with a parasitic male, preparation at the Museum of Zoologie in Sankt Petersburg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lophiiformes
Family:	Ceratiidae
Genus:	Ceratias
Species:	C. holboelli
Binomial name
Ceratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845

The Krøyer's deep sea angler fish, Ceratias holboelli, is a seadevil of the family Ceratiidae, found in all oceans, at depths of 1,000-2,000 m (3,300-6,600 ft). Its length is 50–75 cm (20–28 in).

The species scientific epithet commemorates Carl Peter Holbøll - a Danish civil servant and early explorer of the fauna of Greenland.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Ceratias holboelli" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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