Stargazing seadevil
📖 Overview
Overview information for Stargazing seadevil is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Characterized by female having simple esca, without distal escal appendages, illicium length 14.0 to 28.8% SL, invariably absent vomerine teeth; escal bulb usually darkly pigmented except distal tip, distal portion oval shaped, proximal portion tapering into stem of illicium; bulb without elevation of small pigment spot surrounding escal pore .
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 2091 m , usually 500 - 1000 m . Deep-water Central Atlantic.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | black whalelet · stargazing seadevil |
| 🌍CES | tykadlovka hlubokomořská |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Enashibiwaanko · エナシビワアンコウ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-diabo-astrônomo |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Глубоководный удильщик-звездочёт |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mancalias kroyeri | Koefoed | - | Synonym |
| Mancalias sessilis | Imai | - | Synonym |
| Mancalias uranoscopus | Murray | 1877 | Synonym |
| Mancalias uranoscopus triflos | Roule | - | Synonym |
| Mancalias xenistius | Regan & Trewavas | 1932 | Synonym |
| Manchalias uranoscopus | Murray | 1877 | Synonym |
| Manchalias xenistius | Regan & Trewavas | 1932 | Synonym |
| Typhlopsaras shufeldti | Gill | 1883 | Synonym |
| Typlopsaras shufeldti | Gill | 1883 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 7 records indexed .
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