Bufoceratias shaoi

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Bufoceratias shaoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Diceratiidae
Genus: Bufoceratias
Species:
B. shaoi
Binomial name
Bufoceratias shaoi
Pietsch, Ho & Chen, 2004

Bufoceratias shaoi is a species of double angler, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic and has been found at depths ranging from 0 to 1,200 metres (0 to 3,937 ft). It has been found in the western Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.[1] It was first described in 2004 by Theodore Pietsch, Ho Hsuan-Ching & Chen Hong-Ming.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Bufoceratias shaoi in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  2. ^ Theodore W. Pietsch; Ho Hsuan-ching; Chen Hong-ming (February 2004). "Revision of the Deep-Sea Anglerfish Genus Bufoceratias Whitley (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei: Diceratiidae), with Description of a New Species from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean". Copeia. 2004 (1): 98–107. doi:10.1643/CI-03-166R. ISSN 0045-8511. Wikidata Q95668274.