Ceratias

Ceratias
Kroyer's Deep-sea Angler Fish (C. holboelli)
Stargazing Seadevil (C. uranoscopus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lophiiformes
Family:	Ceratiidae
Genus:	Ceratias Krøyer, 1845
Type species
Ceratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845
Synonyms
Mancalias Gill, 1878 Miopsaras Gilbert, 1905 Parrichthys Barbour, 1942 Reganichthys Bigelow & Barbour, 1944 Reganula Bigelow & Barbour, 1944 Typlopsaras Gill, 1883 Miopsaras myops Gilbert, 1905 (nomen dubium) Typhloceratias firthi Barbour, 1942b(nomen dubium) Parrichthys merrimani Barbour, 1942b (nomen dubium)

Ceratias is a genus of anglerfish in the family Ceratiidae.

Species

• Ceratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845 (Krøyer's deep sea angler fish)
• Ceratias tentaculatus Norman, 1930 (southern seadevil)
• Ceratias uranoscopus J. Murray, 1877 (stargazing seadevil)

References

1. 1 2 3 Pietsch, Theodore W. (2009). Oceanic anglerfishes: extraordinary diversity in the deep sea. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 323–328. ISBN 978-0-520-94255-4. OCLC 1298208235.
2. ↑ "Species in genus Ceratias, FishBase".

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