Spiniphryne duhameli

Spiniphryne duhameli
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Oneirodidae
Genus: Spiniphryne
Species: S. duhameli
Binomial name
Spiniphryne duhameli
Pietsch & Z. H. Baldwin, 2006

Spiniphryne duhameli is a species of dreamer known from the central Pacific Ocean. The females of this species grow to a length of 11.7 centimetres (4.6 in) SL. The esca contains a pair of short, slender filaments at the tip, a small, simple appendage without distal filaments on the back, and three pairs of long, slender filaments on the sides. S. duhameli also has more dental teeth than S. gladisfenae.[1]

References

  1. Pietsch, T. W. and Baldwin, Z. H. (April 4, 2006). Buth, D., ed. "A Revision of the Deep-Sea Anglerfish Genus Spiniphryne Bertelsen (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei: Oneirodidae), with Description of a New Species from the Central and Eastern North Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Copeia. 2006 (3): 404–411. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[404:AROTDA]2.0.CO;2. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-10.


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