Family NEOCERATIIDAE

Neoceratiidae

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Introduction

The family Neoceratiidae includes a single species known from meso- and bathypelagic waters of all major oceans. Bertelsen (1951) and Bertelsen & Pietsch (1983) studied the species. Neoceratias spinifer is unique in being the only deepsea anglerfish lacking an illicium. Males are parasitic on the females, which have been recorded to 10.8 cm in length. Feeding habits are unknown. Pietsch (2009) summarised knowledge of the group.

General References

Bertelsen, E. 1951. The ceratioid fishes ontogeny, taxonomy, distribution and biology. Dana Reports 39: 1-276 figs 1-141 1 pl.

Bertelsen, E. & Pietsch, T.W. 1983. The ceratioid anglerfishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 35(2): 77-99 figs 1-18

Pietsch, T.W. 2009. Oceanic Anglerfishes. Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press pp. i-xii + 1-557.

Common Name References

Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Caulophrynidae, Neoceratiidae, Melanocetidae, Himantolophidae, Diceratiidae, Oneirodidae, Thaumatichthyidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratiidae, Gigantactinidae, Linophrynidae. pp. 2026-2037 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [2027] (Deepsea Anglerfish, Neoceratiid Anglerfish)

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