Oneirodidae

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Chaenophryne longiceps

Oneirodid Fish from Northeast Pacific

• Cross-climate
• Temperate
• Tropical
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Deep-bodied
• Medium

Chaenophryne longiceps, the longhead dreamer or smooth-head dreamer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep-sea anglerfishes. This predatory, deep-sea fish is found in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. Like other deep-sea anglerfishes, it is sexually dimorphic with the metamorphosed females dwarfing the metamorphosed males, though the males are not sexual parasites.