Image Bank - Fishes
Longhead Dreamer
Reference |
IB1159 |
Category |
Fishes |
Family Name |
Dreamers - ONEIRODIDAE |
Common Name |
Longhead Dreamer |
Scientific Name |
Chaenophryne longiceps |
Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
Notes |
Dreamers are midwater pelagic fishes, and are found in all the oceans of the world, from depth of 300 to 2000 m. The esca is a bulbous, fleshy, bioluminescent lure with simple or many-branched filaments. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |