Photocorynus spiniceps is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Linophrynidae, the leftvents, and the only species in the monospecific genus Photocorynus. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Photocorynus spiniceps
In Biome
In Ecosystem
Source Photocorynus (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
2. Photocorynus spiniceps (Wikipedia)
3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
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4. Wikidata: Photocorynus spiniceps
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q138524
- Child Taxon Of: Lophiiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the SourceIUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Photocorynus (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Like most other deepsea anglerfishes, Photocorynus spiniceps lures its prey into striking range using a bioluminescent sac at the end of an illicium, the highly modified first ray of the dorsal fin, and swallows the prey whole with the help of a distending jaw and a similarly distending stomach.
In Ecosystem: Deep Sea, Lead
The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this taxon in the family Linophrynidae, within the suborder Ceratioidei, the deep sea anglerfishes, of the anglerfish order Lophiiformes.
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