Cryptopsaras couesii Gill 1883
- Dataset
- Records of deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from Indonesia, with descriptions of three new species
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Lophiiformes
- family
- Ceratiidae
- genus
- Cryptopsaras
- species
- Cryptopsaras couesii
description
Description. Dorsal-fin rays 4; pectoral-fin rays 15; anal-fin rays 4; caudal-fin rays 8. Teeth on vomer 7 (4 on right side, 3 on left side). Head length 31.4 % SL; head depth 34.8; head width 13.3; illicial length 2.7; upper jaw length 20.1; lower jaw length 22.3. Body slightly elongate, compressed, oval in lateral view. Mouth nearly vertical when closed. Sphenotic spines absent. Illicium very short, mostly hidden by esca. Three club-shaped caruncles just anterior to origin of dorsal-fin. Skin covered by tiny close-set dermal spines. Uniformly dark brown, inter-radial membranes of all fins transparent.
distribution
Distribution. Widespread in all three major oceans. Our specimen represents the first record from Indonesia.
materials_examined
Material. HUMZ 194454 (1, 115 mm SL, female), st. 91, 3 ° 37.5 ' N, 94 ° 53.4 ' E, 3 ° 37.3 ' N, 94 ° 54.9 ' E, 760 – 769 m, off Sumatra, 29 Jun. 2005.
Name
- Homonyms
- Cryptopsaras couesii Gill 1883