Wonderfish

Taxobox
name = Wonderfish


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Lophiiformes
familia = Thaumatichthyidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Lasiognathus" "Thaumatichthys" See text for species.

Wonderfish form a small family of anglerfishes, Thaumatichthyidae, comprised of 2 genera. They are native to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. They resemble the Oneirodidae but have a distinctive upper jaw which projects beyond the lower and gives them their alternative common name of wolftrap anglers. The common name "wonderfish" is a literal translation of the type genus, "Thaumatichthys".

pecies

FishBase lists eight species in two genera: [FishBase family | family = Thaumatichthyidae | month = March | year = 2006]

* Genus "Lasiognathus" (Wolftrap anglers)
** "Lasiognathus amphirhamphus" Pietsch, 2005.
** "Lasiognathus beebei" Regan & Trewavas, 1932.
** "Lasiognathus intermedius" Bertelsen & Pietsch, 1996.
** "Lasiognathus saccostoma" Regan, 1925.
** "Lasiognathus waltoni" Nolan & Rosenblatt, 1975.
* Genus "Thaumatichthys" (Wonderfish)
** "Thaumatichthys axeli" (Bruun, 1953).
** "Thaumatichthys binghami" Parr, 1927.
** "Thaumatichthys pagidostomus" Smith & Radcliffe, 1912.

References