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Lasiognathus
Lasiognathus is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Thaumatichthyidae, with six species known from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It has been called a "compleat angler", in that its lure apparatus appears to consist of a fishing rod (the projecting basal bone or pteropterygium), a fishing line (the illicium, a modified dorsal fin ray), bait (the bioluminescent esca), and hooks (large dermal denticles). It is also distinctive for an enormous upper jaw with premaxillaries...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Lasiognathus beebei
speciesLasiognathus beebei
Lasiognathus intermedius
speciesLasiognathus intermedius
Lasiognathus waltoni
speciesLasiognathus waltoni
Lasiognathus dinema
speciesLasiognathus dinema
Lasiognathus amphirhamphus
speciesLasiognathus amphirhamphus
Lasiognathus saccostoma
speciesLasiognathus saccostoma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 89352.