A new species of deep-sea anglerfish, genus Himantolophus (Lophiiformes: Himantolophidae) from the western South Pacific, with comments on the validity of H. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press pp. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 14(50): 87-159 The ceratioid fishes in the collection of the Museu Municipal do Funchal (Melanocetidae, Himantolophidae, Oneirodidae, Linophrynidae). Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. The Pacific Football Fish is one of more than 200 species of anglerfish worldwide, according to California State Parks, and is normally found in the dark depths of the ocean. Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Himantolophus albinares Maul 1961 Referencesīertelsen, E. Type locality: off Câmara de Lobos, Madeira. Himantolophus albinares Maul 1961, Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 14(50): 111, figs. The specific name albinares is from the Latin albus (= white) and nares (= nostril) in reference to the white “oval, papilla-like bulges on which the nostrils are placed”. Once they have found a mate, they attach themselves to the female but are not parasitic. The free-living males are very much smaller than females, and use their highly developed sensory organs to actively seek a female partner. The largest known female specimen was 46.5 cm standard length, and males reach about 4 cm.įemale football fish passively attract prey by using a luring device (illicium and esca), a modified first dorsal-fin spine. Photophores help groups of fish to see each other in darkly lit waters, enabling them to recognize each other and stay together. Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed female: length of illicium 36-54% SL in specimens greater than 3 cm deeply cleft distal escal appendage, undivided part 1.0-9.4% SL each primary branch of distal escal appendage simple, darkly pigmented except on distal tip, total length 8-13% SL in specimens 3.4-6.6 cm, 25-74% SL in specimens 7.5-19 cm length of posterior escal appendage 8.5-21% SL in specimens 3-19 cm, faint pigmentation or absent illicial stem with posterolateral appendages 2-9, simple or branched at tip, longest 7-23% SL in specimens greater than 3 cm absence of dermal spinules on escal bulb and appendages Illicium short, its base above eyes two pairs of swellings in the distal end of esca, the anterior pair only half as long as the posterior one. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Atlantic and Western Pacific Oceans. South of King Island, Bass Strait, to south of Tasmania. Himantolophus albinares Maul 1961 More Info
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