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Centrophrynidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Lophiiformes
family
Centrophrynidae

Name

Homonyms
Centrophrynidae
Common names
Dreamers in English
Dygieji tykotojai in Lithuanian
Prickly Seadevils in English
Prickly anglerfishes in English
deep-sea anglerfish in English
deep-sea anglerfishes in English
deep-sea anglerfishes in English
deepsea anglerfishes in English
deepsea anglerfishes in English
piikkikrotit in Finnish
Центрофриновые in Russian
ザラアンコウ科 in Japanese
中角鮟鱇科 in Chinese
ザラアンコウ科 in Japanese
Dreamers in English
Prickly anglerfishes in English
deep-sea anglerfish in English
Центрофриновые in Russian
ザラアンコウ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  2. FishBase
  3. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., 1984: null. Fishes of the World, Second Edition. xv + 523.
  5. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  7. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  8. Pietsch, T. W. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Centrophrynidae: Deepsea anglerfishes. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 2034.
  9. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  10. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  11. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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