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has between 1 and 3 teeth on either side and these are nearly always present in adults with a length of less than 80 mm (3.1 in) but usually absent in larger specimens. The lower part of the bulb of the esca is dark and tapers into the illicium; the upper part is oval with a single
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Krøyer's deep sea angler fish is unique within its family in having a single appendage at the tip of its
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Krøyer's deep sea angler fish shows extreme sexual dimorphism. The metamorphosed females have a maximum
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364:Krøyer's deep sea angler fish belongs to the genus
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282:Krøyer's deep sea angler fish was first formally
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809:Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand
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1180:Taxa named by Henrik Nikolai Krøyer
1160:IUCN Red List least concern species
751:Christopher Scharpf (3 June 2024).
518:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
372:honours the Danish naval officer,
24:Krøyer's deep sea angler fish
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628:"Genera in the family Ceratiidae"
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212:Reganichthys giganteus
759:. Christopher Scharpf
704:10.1002/9781119174844
696:John Wiley & Sons
624:Eschmeyer, William N.
585:Eschmeyer, William N.
291:Henrik Nikolai Krøyer
248:), also known as the
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395:. The length of the
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779:Theodore W. Pietsch
692:Fishes of the World
481:and the larvae are
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48:Conservation status
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563:Ceratias holboelli
511:Ceratias holboelli
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381:Carl Peter Holbøll
307:monospecific genus
303:Ceratias holboelli
297:given as Southern
260:, is a species of
245:Ceratias holboelli
227:Reganula giganteus
187:Ceratias holboelli
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387:Description
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348:anglerfish
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