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smooth dreamer

Chaenophryne melanorhabdus

Classification

Chaenophryne melanorhabdus is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep-sea anglerfishes. This predatory, deep-sea fish is found in the Pacific Ocean. Like other deep-sea anglerfishes, dreamers are sexually dimorphic, with the metamorphosed females dwarfing the metamorphosed males.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 1