![]() based on specimens in the Zoological Museum of CopenhagenĪrticleTitleThe ceratioid fishes. Deep-sea ceratioid fishesĪrticleTitle Linophryne algibarbata, ein seltener Tiefseeangler mit angewachsenem ZwergmännchenĪrticleTitleEin neuer Fund des Tiefseeanglers Linophryne bicornis (Pisces: Ceratioidea) aus dem AtlantikĪrticleTitleNotes on the deep-sea angler-fish Ceratias holbölli Kr. Through perpetual darkness the tiny male seeks out his mate and attaches himself to her spiny skin for lifeĪrticleTitleEastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. (Linophrynidae Ceratioidea Pisces), from the southeast Atlantic (in Russian, with English abstractĪrticleTitle Ceratias-siren of the deep. Diceratiidae, Ceratioidei), from the coast of Japan (in RussianĪrticleTitleA new species of deep-sea anglerfish, Linophryne digitopogon sp. The fishes of northern Japan (in Japanese)ĪrticleTitleReview of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern AfricaĪrticleTitleA new species of diceratiid deepsea anglerfish, Diceratias trilobus sp. Additional evidence is provided to reaffirm the hypothesis that sexual parasitism has evolved separately at least three and perhaps five or more times within the suborder.ĪrticleTitleRecords from northen Japan of two females of Ceratias holboelli each parasitized by a maleĪrticleTitleA record of an adult female of the deep sea ceratioid anglerfish, Cryptopsaras couesi Gill, with four parasitic adult males from off Ibaraki PrefectureJapanĪrticleTitleA record of an adult female with a supposedly parasitic male of Cryptopsaras couesi from the Pacific coast of northern Japan Evidence is presented to reaffirm the presence of three reproductive modes: obligatory parasitism, facultative parasitism, and temporary nonparasitic attachment. This information is then summarized and discussed. Notes on taxonomic content, available material, occurrence of sexual parasitism, gravid females and ripe males, the development of eyes and nostrils of the males, the ability of males to capture and ingest food independently of the female, occurrences of multiple attachments of males to a single female, and the nature of the fusion between coupled males and females are given for each ceratioid family. To date, permanently attached males have been found in only 5 of the 11 ceratioid families, 10 of the 35 genera, and 23 of the 160 recognized species. Although generally attributed to all ceratioids, and despite more than a sevenfold increase in the number of known parasitized females in collections throughout the world in the past 50 years, the phenomenon is surprisingly confined to few taxa within the suborder. Sexual parasitism, a remarkable mode of reproduction unique to some members of the deep-sea anglerfish suborder Ceratioidei, in which males are dwarfed and become permanently attached to much larger females, is described in a number of previously unreported specimens and taxa.
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