Kroyer's deep sea angler fish
Ceratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Krøyer's deep sea angler fish (Ceratias holboelli)
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Open encyclopedia reference
Krøyer's deep sea angler fish (Ceratias holboelli), also known as the deep-sea angler, longray seadevil or northern seadevil, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ceratiidae, the warty seadevils. It is found throughout the oceans of the world, from tropical to polar seas. It is the largest species in its family.
Wikipedia contributors, Krøyer's deep sea angler fish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:19:49.782204+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ceratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845
- Name authority
- Krøyer, 1845
- Common name
- Kroyer's deep sea angler fish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Ceratiidae
- Genus
- Ceratias
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderLophiiformes
- suborderCeratioidei
- familyCeratiidae Gill, 1861
- genusCeratias Krøyer, 1845
- speciesCeratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Reganula giganteus (Bigelow & Barbour, 1944) (Bigelow & Barbour, 1944) | synonym |
| Reganichthys giganteus Bigelow & Barbour, 1944 Bigelow & Barbour, 1944 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Krøyer, H. N. (1845). Ichthyologiske Bidrag. 10. Ceratias Holbölli Kr. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (Kjøbenhavn) (N. S.), v. 1: 639–649. [Continuation of ref. 2689.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:SL8M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.