Image Bank - Fishes
Spiny Seadevil
Reference |
IB1155 |
Category |
Fishes |
Family Name |
Spiny Seadevil - NEOCERATIIDAE |
Common Name |
Spiny Seadevil |
Scientific Name |
Neoceratias spinifer |
Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
Notes |
Spiney Seadevil lack a lure, it is thought that they may feed on gelatinous animals such as salps by swimming rapidly through congregarions of prey with their teeth extended laterally. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |