illuminated netdevil (Linophryne arborifera)

Query: lophiiformes

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Subject:	illuminated netdevil (Linophryne arborifera)
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Linophryne arborifera (no common name)
The author is Dr Tony Ayling, the illustration was originally published in Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand by Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linophryne_arborifera_(no_common_name).gif

The illuminated netdevil (Linophryne arborifera) is an anglerfish of the family Linophrynidae, found in all tropical and subtropical oceans at depths below 1,000 m in the Bathyal zone. The female is up to 77 mm and significantly larger than the mature, parasitic male which reaches only 15 mm long.
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Linophrynidae
Genus: Linophryne
Species: Linophryne arborifera Regan, 1925

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