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Pacific footballfish

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Pacific footballfish
Specimen preserved at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO 21-41)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Himantolophidae
Genus: Himantolophus
Species:
H. sagamius
Binomial name
Himantolophus sagamius

The Pacific footballfish (Himantolophus sagamius) is a species of footballfish (a type of anglerfish) native to the Pacific Ocean.[1] It has a wide range, extending from the coasts of Honshu (Gulf of Sagami) and Hokkaido islands through the Kuril-Kamchatka trough, in the northwest Pacific, to the eastern Pacific from California to Peru.[2] The species is known to live in waters as deep as 3,000 feet (900 m) or 500 fathoms.[3]

Specimen caught off the coast of San Clemente Island

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References

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  1. ^ "Pacific Footballfish". www.calacademy.org. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  2. ^ "ITIS standard report: Himantolophus sagamius (Tanaka, 1918)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Spooky 'Finding Nemo' fish washes up on California beach". BBC News. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.