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Thaumatichthyidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lophiiformes

Higher classification
  
Anglerfish

Phylum
  
Chordata

Scientific name
  
Thaumatichthyidae

Rank
  
Family

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Lower classifications
  
Thaumatichthys, Lasiognathus saccostoma

Thaumatichthyidae, the wolftrap anglers, is a small family of deep-sea anglerfishes, containing two genera and eight species found in all oceans. They are commonly known as wonderfish (a literal translation of Thaumatichthys), or wolftrap anglers or wolftrap seadevils because of their distinctive upper jaws with movable premaxillaries that can be lowered to form a cage-like trap around the much shorter lower jaw. They are related to (and were formerly placed within) the family Oneirodidae.

References

Thaumatichthyidae Wikipedia