Bufoceratias shaoi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Diceratiidae |
| Genus: | Bufoceratias |
| Species: | B. shaoi
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Bufoceratias shaoi is a species of double angler, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic and has been found at depths ranging from 0 to 1,200 metres (0 to 3,937 ft). It has been found in the western Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.[2] It was first described in 2004 by Theodore Pietsch, Ho Hsuan-Ching & Chen Hong-Ming.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Robertson, R. & Carpenter, K.E. (2019). "Bufoceratias shaoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T139929873A140322868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T139929873A140322868.en. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bufoceratias shaoi". FishBase. June 2016 version.
- ^ Theodore W. Pietsch; Ho Hsuan-ching; Chen Hong-ming (February 2004). "Revision of the Deep-Sea Anglerfish Genus Bufoceratias Whitley (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei: Diceratiidae), with Description of a New Species from the Indo-West Pacific Ocean". Copeia. 2004 (1): 98–107. doi:10.1643/CI-03-166R. ISSN 0045-8511. Wikidata Q95668274.
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