A new species of deep-sea anglerfish, genus Himantolophus (Lophiiformes: Himantolophidae) from the Andaman Sea, India

Meleppura Rajeeshkumar; Theodore W. Pietsch; Naryanane Saravanane

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5178.6.6

A new species of deep-sea anglerfish, genus Himantolophus (Lophiiformes: Himantolophidae) from the Andaman Sea, India

Meleppura Rajeeshkumar^*, Theodore W. Pietsch, Naryanane Saravanane

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Abstract

A new species of the deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish genus Himantolophus is described from a single specimen collected off the east coast of the northern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, a member of the Himantolophus albinares-group, based in part on the absence of anterior escal appendages. The new species differs from other members of this group in having a unique illicial and escal morphology with a simple basimedial and a pair of basilateral filaments on the esca. The new species is compared with previously recognized members of the H. albinares-group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	589-594
Number of pages	6
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	5178
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.6.6
State	Published - 31 Aug 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Distribution
Exclusive Economic Zone
Himantolophus albinares-group
Himantolophus kalami sp. nov

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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A new species of deep-sea anglerfish, genus Himantolophus (Lophiiformes: Himantolophidae) from the Andaman Sea, India

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