Family DICERATIIDAE

Diceratiidae

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Introduction

The Diceratiidae comprise currently two genera and five species. One species is known from Australia. The family was revised by Uwate (1979), Pietsch et al. (2004) and Pietsch (2009).

Diceratiids are known from meso- and bathypelagic environments of the world's oceans. They are distinctive in having a short body, an exposed second dorsal fin spine with a light organ, and minute spinules covering the body.

General References

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.

Pietsch, T.W., Ho, H.-C. & Chen, H.-M. 2004. Revision of the deep-sea anglerfish genus Bufoceratias Whitley (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei: Diceratiidae), with description of a new species from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Copeia 2004(1): 98-107

Uwate, K.R. 1979. Revision of the anglerfish Diceratiidae with descriptions of two new species. Copeia 1979(1): 129-144

Common Name References

Anderson, M.E. & Leslie, R.W. 2001. Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 70: 1-32 [9] (Double Anglers)

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. [2030] (FAO) (Deepsea Anglerfishes, Diceratiid Anglerfishes)

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