Records of deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from Indonesia, with descriptions of three new species
Author
Ho, Hsuan-Ching
Author
Kawai, Toshio
Author
Amaoka, Kunio
text
Zootaxa
2016
4121
3
267
294
journal article
38910
10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.3
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1175-5326
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Family
Diceratiidae
Comprising 2 genera and 6 species (Pietsch
et al.
, 2004).
Paxton & Lavenberg (1973)
reported
Diceratias bispinosus
(
Günther, 1887
)
and
Uwate (1979)
described
Phrynichthys thele
(=
Bufoceratias thele
) from Indonesian waters. In this study, 1 species of
Diceratias
and 2 species of
Bufoceratias
are recognized from this area. In addition, a specimen tentatively identified as
B. wedli
, a species previously only known from the Atlantic Ocean, and a new species are described.