Lasiognathus amphirhamphus

Lasiognathus amphirhamphus is a species of wolftrap angler found in the Madeira Abyssal Plain in the east-central Atlantic Ocean where it occurs at a depth of from 1,200 to 1,305 metres (3,937 to 4,281 ft). The females of this species grow to a length of 15.7 centimetres (6.2 in) SL. This species is characterized by having only two (as opposed to three) bony hooks on its esca, which are lightly pigmented. The distal escal appendage is elongated and cylindrical with a long, compressed prolongation at the tip as in L. saccostoma. The prolongation has six tiny filaments at the tip and no lateral serrations. The posterior escal appendage is broad and laterally compressed. Its species name is from the Greek for "double hook", referring to its escal hooks.[2]

Lasiognathus amphirhamphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Lophiiformes
Family:
Thaumatichthyidae
Genus:
Lasiognathus
Species:
L. amphirhamphus
Binomial name
Lasiognathus amphirhamphus
Pietsch, 2005

References
  1. Ralph, G. (2015). Lasiognathus amphirhamphus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-1.RLTS.T67964123A67964193.en
  2. Pietsch, T.W. (2005). Buth, D. G. (ed.). "New Species of the Ceratioid Anglerfish Genus Lasiognathus Regan (Lophiiformes: Thaumatichthyidae) from the Eastern North Atlantic off Madeira". Copeia. 2005 (1): 77–81. doi:10.1643/CI-04-184R1.


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