Bufoceratias wedli

Bufoceratias wedli

Diceratiid Fish of Chinese Seas

Coastal
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
East Asia
Europe
North America
South America
Deep-bodied
Medium

Bufoceratias wedli is a species of deep sea marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Diceratiidae, the double anglers. This anglerfish is found in deep water over the continental shelf in the tropical and subtropical areas of the Eastern and Western Atlantic Oceans. It is the type species of the genus Bufoceratias and like other members of that genus is known only from adult females, the unknown males are thought to be free living rather than sexual parasites of the females like those of some other deep sea anglerfishes.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Anglerfishes
Family: Diceratiidae
Genus: Bufoceratias
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to coastal waters off Suriname. Eastern Atlantic: off Portugal to coastal waters of Namibia, as far south as about 24°S. The single specimen recorded from the Okinawa Trough, East China Sea (Ref. 51075 ) is a misidentification of Bufoceratias thele .
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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