Angler Fish Scientific Classification

Posted by admin On August 1, 2011 Comments Off

Suborder Lophioidei
Lophiidae (goosefishes or monkfishes)
Suborder Antennarioidei
Antennariidae (frogfishes)
Tetrabrachiidae (four-armed frogfishes)[10]
Brachionichthyidae (handfishes)
Lophichthyidae (Boschma’s frogfish — monotypic)[10]
Suborder Chaunacoidei
Chaunacidae (sea toads)
Suborder Ogcocephaloidei
Ogcocephalidae (batfishes)
Suborder Ceratioidei (deepsea families)[8]
Centrophrynidae (prickly seadevils — monotypic)
Ceratiidae (warty seadevils)
Himantolophidae (footballfishes)
Diceratiidae (doublespine seadevils)
Melanocetidae (black seadevils)
Thaumatichthyidae (wolf-trap seadevils)
Oneirodidae (dreamers)
Caulophrynidae (fanfin seadevils)
Neoceratiidae (needlebeard seadevil — monotypic)
Gigantactinidae (whipnose seadevils)
Linophrynidae (leftvent seadevils)

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