| Thaumatichthys axeli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Thaumatichthyidae |
| Genus: | Thaumatichthys |
| Species: | T. axeli
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| Binomial name | |
| Thaumatichthys axeli (Bruun, 1953)
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Prince Axel's wonderfish[1] (Thaumatichthys axeli) is a bottom-dwelling deep-sea anglerfish of the family Thaumatichthyidae. Thaumatichthys axeli lives at a depth of around 3,600 meters (in the abyssal zone), deeper than any other member of the genus Thaumatichthys. As with other members of the family, they possess a distinctive forked light organ inside their mouth, which they use to lure prey. Large, curved teeth "fringe the upper jaw like a comb". Specimens have been found measuring up to about 50 cm.[2]
- ^ "NOVA Online | into the Abyss | Deep-Sea Bestiary". PBS.
- ^ Bruun, A. F., et al. (1956). The Galathea Deep Sea Expedition, 1950–52.. London: Allen and Unwin. pp. 174-177