The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes (/ˌlɒfiɪˈfɔːrmiːz/). They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in...

The humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) is a species of black seadevil in the family of Melanocetidae, which means "black whale" in Greek. The...

The prickly anglerfish (Himantolophus appelii) is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans (apart from...

Regan, 1925 (Leftvents) Emily Osterloff. "The bizarre love life of the anglerfish". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2024. Regan, C.T. (1912). "The...

distribution of the black and white anglerfish tend to overlap greatly. A map of the distribution of anglerfish in the waters surrounding Europe and...

The cryptic anglerfish (Histiophryne cryptacanthus) is a frogfish found in waters ranging from Taiwan to South Australia. There are an estimated 75 specimens...

several anglerfish families, black seadevils are named for their intimidating appearance and typically pitch black skin. The humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus...

Glauert's anglerfish (Allenichthys glauerti) is species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Histiophryninae in the family Antennariidae...

mollis, the ghostly seadevil or soft leftvent angler, is a species of anglerfish in the family Linophrynidae and is the only species in the genus Haplophryne...

of the World classifies this family in the suborder Ceratioidei of the anglerfish order Lophiiformes. The double angler family name is derived from the...