Triplewart seadevil

Cryptopsaras couesii ( Gr. " kryptos " = secret, hidden " Psaras " = Fischer couesii in honor of the ornithologist Elliott Coues ) is a deep-sea angler fish, which is found almost worldwide in all oceans in tropical and subtropical regions. He lives mainly at depths 500-1250 m, rarely goes up to the sea surface or at depths of more than 3000 meters.

Features

Adult females of Cryptopsaras couesii can reach a maximum length of 44 cm. Your body is flattened laterally and plump. Free-living dwarf males were found up to a maximum length of 1.05 cm, sessile be a maximum of 7.3 cm long. Characteristic of the females of the species are three oval caruncles before the dorsal fin, a medium and large left and right of each one smaller. The Illicium the female is short and almost completely enclosed by tissues of Esca. On the Suboperculare sits a sting. The males are pigmented only on the dorsal side, on the gill cover and the caudal peduncle.

  • Fins formula: Dorsal I/4-5; Anal 0 / 4th
  • Vertebrae: 20
  • Branchiostegalstrahlen: 6

Swell

  • Pietsch, Theodore W. (2005): Ceratiidae the Tree of Life Web Project
  • Cryptopsaras couesii on Fishbase.org (English)
HMS Challenger (1858) Challenger-Expedition Anglerfish Genus Theodore Gill Fish fin
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