Anglerfish:

The order Lophiiformes conteains about 322 species of mostly benthic shallow-water species. One of the classic characteristics of many fish in this order is the modified first dorsal-fin spine.  The spine often resembles a lure of some kind.  The classic example is that of the anglerfish.  Other common representatives of this group include the goosefishes, monkfishes, frogfishes, sea-mice, sea-toads, handfishes, coffinfishes, and batfishes. 

More information on Lophiiformes

  • Tree of Life contains an very scientific overview of the order Lophiiformes
Cite this Page: Nelson, R. 2010. "Anglerfish" (OnLine) UntamedScience. Accessed Jul 29, 2010 at http://www.untamedscience.com/biodiversity/animals/chordates/ray-finned-fishes/anglerfish
Nelson, R.
Rob Nelson (author)
Montana State University
Created on: Feb 3rd, 2010
Last updated: Mar 9th, 2010

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