Prickly anglerfish
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prickly-anglerfish-246-3409351
title:
Prickly anglerfish
text:
The prickly anglerfish is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans, in deep water. Its length is up to 40 cm (16 in). It is a mesopelagic species. A specimen was collected on November 14, 2007. It was a female that was collected east of the Falkland Islands at a depth of 292–318 m (958–1,043 ft). The specimen measured 21 cm (8.3 in) in total length and weighed 616 g (21.7 oz). It was first described in 1878 by Frank Edward Clarke as Aegoeonichth
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description:
Species of fish
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prickly_anglerfish
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date modified:
2024-03-14T04:59:58Z
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13
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