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Neoceratias
Neoceratias spinifer, the toothed seadevil, pincushion seadevil, spiny seadevil or netbeard seadevil, is a rarely seen deep-sea anglerfish found in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones in Oceans around the World. It is the only species in the family Neoceratiidae, and is unique amongst the deep-sea anglerfish in lacking both the illicium and esca (the "fishing rod" and "lure"), and in having large teeth placed on the outside of its jaws.
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90203.