Description
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Reference |
IB1160 |
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Category |
Fishes |
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Family Name |
Seadevils - CERATIIDAE |
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Common Name |
Triplewart Seadevil |
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Scientific Name |
Cryptopsarus couesii |
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Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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Notes |
Male Seadevils are much smaller than females and lack the illicium, esca and light organs. Once free-living male has found a female, it uses its denticular teeth to attach itself to her permanently, usually on the belly. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |
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