Family Neoceratiidae - Toothed seadevils
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Actinopterygii
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Genera : 1 | Species : 1 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
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Marine
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none
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Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. No illicium. Females with long movable teeth outside the jaws. Females are host to the parasitic mature males. (Ref. 245) Other distinguishing characters: Exceptional amongst all ceratioids by its lack of a luring apparatus. Unique set of defining characters include: the body of metamorphosed females elongate, slender, and laterally compressed; a short head; a large horizontal to slightly oblique mouth with its cleft continuing posteriorly well beyond the eye; tiny, degenerate-looking eyes measuring less than 2.5% SL; a large nasal papilla on each side of the mouth; lacking nostrils and olfactory lamellae (functions unknown); conically-shaped sphenotics lacking a distal spine; jaws are subequal (the anterior of the lower jaw slightly longer than the upper jaw) and lacking a symphysial spine; the jaw with an inner row of short, straight, widely spaced immobile teeth (0 to 6 on each premaxilla and 10 to 21 on each dentary); an outer row of 2 or 3 irregular series of long straight hinged teeth, each with a tiny distal hook, articulated on prominent conical outgrowths of the jaw and strongly attached by connective tissue and well-developed musculature; 11 to 20 outer premaxillary teeth and 18 to 20 on each dentary (count accuracy compromised by the very poor condition of the specimens); long and slender vomerine teeth on each side; unusually long pterygiophores supporting the dorsal- and anal-fins, those supporting the latter being much longer; the fins appear to be mounted on prominent bases because of the long rays; unusually long and slender caudal peduncle; broad caudal fin with its four innermost rays being deeply bifurcated; head and body lacking dermal spinules; associated with the acoustico-lateralis are numerous elongate filaments (like those of caulophrynids) on the skin of the head and body. Free-living males unknown. Parasitic males, represented by 7 individuals measuring between 1.15 to 1.8 cm; uniquely having a slender body compared to members of other ceratioid families; eyes and olfactory organs degenerate; no evidence of an upper denticular bone; 3 elongate, curved, and distally bifurcated projections on the lower denticular; skin naked, lacking dermal spinules. Larvae (0.37 to 0.98 cm) with an elongate, slender body (depth of 30 to 40% SL); slightly inflated skin; no evidence of sexual dimorphism; with an elongate, cylindrical rudimentary illicium uniquely positioned on the tip of the snout above the symphysis of the upper jaw; relatively small pectoral fins (15 to 20% SL); metamorphosis commencing at 0.8 to 1.0 cm SL. Dorsal-fin rays: 10 to 13, anal-fin rays: 10 to 13, pectoral-fin rays: 12 to 15, and caudal-fin rays: 9 (2 unbranched + 4 branched + 3 unbranched) (10 in some larvae). (Ref. 86949)
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Named by Pappenheim (1914:198) to signify a new kind of ceratiid-like anglerfish, at the time expressing uncertainty of its position within the suborder but finding great similarity with the Ceratiidae. (Ref. 86949)
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Euacanthomorphacea | Percomorphaceae | Percomorpharia | Lophiiformes | Ceratioidei | Neoceratiidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Neoceratiidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
Neoceratias spinifer Pappenheim, 1914
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