Chaenophryne: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Oneirodidae
- Genus
- Chaenophryne
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Chaenophryne
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chaenophryne
Chaenophryne is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep-sea anglerfishes. These predatory, deep-sea fishes are found in the tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. Like other deep-sea anglerfishes, they are sexually dimorphic, with the matamorphosed females dwarfing the metamorphosed males. The males are not sexual parasites.
...Chaenophryne in languages:
- Japanese
- ラクダアンコウ属