Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Scientific name Ceratias holboelli Higher classification Ceratias Order Anglerfish | |
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Similar Ceratias, Anglerfish, Ceratiidae, Triplewart seadevil, Deep‑sea anglerfishes | ||
Krøyer's deep sea angler fish (Ceratias holboelli) is a species of fish in the family Ceratiidae, the sea devils. This deep-sea anglerfish is found in all oceans, at depths of 0 to 4,400 m (0 to 14,436 ft), but mainly between 400 and 2,000 m (1,300 and 6,600 ft). Females typically are 77 cm (2.53 ft) long, but can reach 120 cm (3.9 ft). The much smaller males only reach 16 cm (0.52 ft) and they are parasitic, as they attach themselves to a female.
The species' scientific epithet commemorates Carl Peter Holbøll, a Danish civil servant and early explorer of the fauna of Greenland. Several specimens have been found in the stomachs of sperm whales caught in the Azores and in the Antarctic.
Other common names include longray seadevil and northern seadevil.