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Atlantic footballfish (Himantolophus groenlandicus)
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Ecological Illustration of Atlantic footballfish (Himantolophus groenlandicus)
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Himantolophidae

Atlantic footballfish

Himantolophus groenlandicus

Females sixty males four centimeters

  • Cross-climate
  • Temperate
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Deep-bodied
  • Small

Atlantic footballfish is known from Tropical and temperate parts of all oceans as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Anglerfishes
Family
Himantolophidae
Genus
Himantolophus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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