Image Bank - Fishes
Triplewart Seadevil
Reference |
IB1160 |
Category |
Fishes |
Family Name |
Seadevils - CERATIIDAE |
Common Name |
Triplewart Seadevil |
Scientific Name |
Cryptopsarus couesii |
Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
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 |