Ceratias uranoscopus
Ceratias uranoscopus, commonly known as the stargazing seadevil, is a species of sea devil, a type of anglerfish. The fish is both bathypelagic and mesopelagic and can typically be found at depths ranging from 500 to 1,000 metres (1,600 to 3,300 ft). It is endemic to tropical waters and can be found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Ceratiidae |
| Genus: | Ceratias |
| Species: | C. uranoscopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceratias uranoscopus J. Murray, 1877 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Ceratias uranoscopus in FishBase. June 2016 version.
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