Bufoceratias shaoi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Family: | Diceratiidae |
Genus: | Bufoceratias |
Species: | B. shaoi
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Binomial name | |
Bufoceratias shaoi |
Bufoceratias shaoi is a species of double angler, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic and has been found at depths ranging from 0 to 1,200 metres (0 to 3,937 ft). It has been found in the western Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.[2] It was first described in 2004 by Theodore Pietsch, Ho Hsuan-Ching & Chen Hong-Ming.[2][3]