THAUMATICHTHYIDAE

Mincarone, Michael Maia, Afonso, Gabriel Vinícius Felix, Di Dario, Fabio, Eduardo, Leandro Nolé, Frédou, Thierry, Lucena-Frédou, Flávia, Bertrand, Arnaud & Pietsch, Theodore Wells, 2021, Deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from off northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the ceratioids reported from the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone, Neotropical Ichthyology 19 (2), pp. 1-28 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11050458
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E-0F24-FFEF-FCEF-FB68DF79F9BA
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	THAUMATICHTHYIDAE
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Females of the Thaumatichthyidae are distinguished by having an elongate body; esca bearing 1–3 large toothlike denticles (bony hooks); upper jaw extending forward far beyond the lower jaw; premaxillae bearing numerous hooked teeth; upper arm of opercle divided into two or more branches; males and larvae of Lasiognathus are unknown, metamorphosed males of Thaumatichthys are unusually slender and elongate, apparently never parasitic on females (Pietsch, 2009).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Lophiiformes
Family	Thaumatichthyidae

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