Chaenophryne longiceps

Common Name

Smoothhead Dreamer

Year Described

Regan, 1925

Identification

Dorsal Fin:
Anal Fin:
Pectoral Fin:
Caudal Fin:

Range

Greenland to off N. South America, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Common in the N. Atlantic but apparently absent from the S. Atlantic.

References

Pietsch, T. W. 2007. A new species of the ceratioid anglerfish genus Chaenophryne Regan (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae) from the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Copeia, 2007(1), 163-168.

Pietsch, T. W. 2009. Oceanic anglerfishes. Extraordinary diversity in the Deep Sea. University of California Press, Berkeley. i-xii + 1-557.