FB-2292 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2292 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Lophiiformes Melanocetidae Melanocetus Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864 Johnsons klumpangler Blackdevil Humpback anglerfish Humpback blackdevil Johnsoni kerasuu Perikan-ankô Negro 約氏黑犀魚 约氏黑犀鱼 约氏黑鲸鮟鱇 Centrocetus spinulosus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Melanocetus cirrifer Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Melanocetus ferox Regan, 1926 Melanocetus johnsoni Günther, 1864 Melanocetus krechi Brauer, 1902 Melanocetus megalodontis Beebe & Crane, 1947 Melanocetus rotundatus Gilchrist, 1903 Melanocoetus rotundatus Gilchrist, 1903 Xenoceratias braueri Koefoed, 1944 Xenoceratias brevirostris Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Xenoceratias heterorhynchus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Xenoceratias laevis Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Xenoceratias micracanthus Regan & Trewavas, 1932 1991-02-25 2013-05-15 ASIH (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists)0 Ontogeny and systematics of fishes. 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Luna 1991-02-25 00:00:00 2013-05-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2292 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Males dwarfed and non-parasitic (Ref. 4491). Caught with plankton nets (Ref. 559). Capable of catching and swallowing prey larger than itself, as witness the approximately 24.0 cm SL specimen of Chauliodus sp. in the stomach of a 6.6 cm SL individual (NMNZ P 14537) (Ref. 58502). Larvae are found primarily in upper 100 m (Ref. 36493). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36493). Eggs are presumably contained in floating gelatinous rafts (Ref. 36493). Anderson, M.E. and R.W. Leslie 2001 Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 70:30 p. (Ref. 40877) FB-DiagnosticDescr-2292 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1996-12-12 00:00:00 2013-06-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2292 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Esca with compressed posterior and anterior crests; anterior margin of vomer nearly straight; minute skin spines present over most of body (Ref. 13608). Branchiostegal rays 6 (Ref. 36493). Caudal-fin rays 8. Scales are cone-shaped, hollow and translucent; with circular base and a free edge pointing towards the caudal region. Left otolith, oblong shape with regular edges, inner face does not present rostrum, antirostrum or cisure (Ref. 41244).Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed female: least outside width between frontals 13.5-28.6% SL; upper jaw with 48-134 teeth, lower jaw 32-78 teeth; length of longest tooth in lower jaw 8.4-25% SL; width of pectoral fin lobe 10.7-17.8% SL; width of escal bulb 4.3-8.6% SL; length of illicium 32.4-60.8% SL; skin with minute spinules over most of body; relatively thick integument 1.55 mm (Ref. 86949). Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed male: upper denticular with 9-13 ventrally directed anterior teeth and posteromedial series of 8-11 teeth; lower denticular 12-24 teeth; posterior nostril contiguous with eye; at most 24 olfactory lamellae; skin naked or spinulose (Ref. 86949). Pietsch, T.W. 1986 Melanocetidae. p. 375-376. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4118) FB-Morphology-2292 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1996-12-12 00:00:00 2013-06-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2292 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 17; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 3 - 5 Pietsch, T.W. 1986 Melanocetidae. p. 375-376. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4118) FB-Distribution-2292 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Kent E. Carpenter 1992-06-15 00:00:00 2019-06-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2292 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Tropical to temperate parts of all oceans. South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511). Bertelsen, E. 1990 Melanocetidae. p. 492-493. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4491) FB-Uses-2292 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-02-25 00:00:00 2013-05-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2292 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: of no interest Pietsch, T.W. 1986 Melanocetidae. p. 375-376. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4118) FB-LifeCycle-2292 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-02-25 00:00:00 2013-05-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=2292&StockCode=6142 Oviparous (Ref. 36493). Watson, W. 1996 Melanocetidae: blackdevils. p. 571-573. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current Region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 1505 p. (Ref. 36493) FB-TrophicStrategy-2292 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2005-04-21 00:00:00 2013-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public johnsonii http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Capable of catching and swallowing prey larger than itself, as witness the approximately 24.0 cm SL specimen of Chauliodus sp. in the stomach of a 6.6 cm SL individual (NMNZ P 14537) (Ref. 58502). Males dwarfed and non-parasitic (Ref. 4491). Caught with plankton nets (Ref. 559). Larvae are found primarily in upper 100 m (Ref. 36493). Hopkins, T.L., T.T. Sutton and T.M. Lancraft 1996 The trophic structure and predation impact of a low latitude midwater fish assemblage. Prog. Oceanog. 38:205-239. (Ref. 51328) FB-Size-2292 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1991-02-25 00:00:00 2013-05-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2292 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 2.9 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4491)); 18 cm TL (female) Bertelsen, E. 1990 Melanocetidae. p. 492-493. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4491) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-2292 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Kent E. Carpenter 1991-02-25 00:00:00 2013-05-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2292 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution bathypelagic; marine; depth range 100 - 4500 m (Ref. 74511), usually 100 - 1500 m (Ref. 4118) Yang, J., Z. Huang, S. Chen and Q. Li 1996 The Deep-Water Pelagic Fishes in the Area form Nansha Islands To the Northeast part of South China Sea. Science Publication Company, Beijing. 190 pp. (Ref. 74511) Pietsch, T.W. 1986 Melanocetidae. p. 375-376. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4118)