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Diceratias
Sign in to saveDiceratias is a genus of deep sea marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Diceratiidae, the double anglers. These fishes are found in the Eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderLophiiformes
- FamilyDiceratiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Diceratiidae
- Collections
- UF, UA
- Recorded in
- French Guiana, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Species
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- Distribution and habitat
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Diceratias is a genus of deep sea marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Diceratiidae, the double anglers. These fishes are found in the Eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions.
==Taxonomy== Diceratias was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1887 by the German-born British herpetologist and ichthyologist Albert Günther when he described Diceratias bispinosus. When he described D. bispinosus Günther gave the type locality as off Banda Island at a depth of on the Challenger expedition of 1872-1876. This genus is one of two genera in the family Diceratiidae which the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies within the suborder Ceratioidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes.
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