Animalia > Chordata > Lophiiformes > Himantolophidae > Himantolophus > Himantolophus appelii

Himantolophus appelii (Prickly anglerfish; Prickly deepsea anglerfish; Prickly footballfish)

Synonyms: Aegaeonichthys appelii
Language: Chinese; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The prickly anglerfish (Himantolophus appelii) is a footballfish of the family Himantolophidae, found around the world in the southern oceans (apart from eastern Pacific), in deep water. Its length is up to 40 cm (16 in). It is a mesopelagic species. Named in honour of Mr Appel who provided F. E. Clarke with a specimen.
View Wikipedia Record: Himantolophus appelii

Prey / Diet

Diaphus termophilus (Taaning's lanternfish)[1]
Howella brodiei (Pelagic basslet)[1]
Hygophum hygomii (Lanternfish)[1]
Scopelopsis multipunctatus (Lanternfish)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Heterotyphlum himantolophi <Unverified Name>[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0