Krøyer's deep sea angler fish

Krøyer's deep sea angler fish
Female with a parasitic male on the belly, preparation at the Zoological Museum of Saint Petersburg
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Ceratiidae
Genus: Ceratias
Species:
C. holboelli
Binomial name
Ceratias holboelli
Krøyer, 1845
Synonyms
  • Reganichthys giganteus Bigelow & Barbour, 1944
  • Reganula giganteus (Bigelow & Barbour, 1944)

Krøyer's deep sea angler fish (Ceratias holboelli), also known as the deep-sea angler, longray seadevil or northern seadevil, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ceratiidae, the warty seadevils. It is found throughout the oceans of the world, from tropical to polar seas. It is the largest species in its family.