Abstract
Three species of deep water angler fishes; Diceratias trilobus (Ceratioidei: Diceratiidae), Bufoceratias shaoi (Ceratioidei: Diceratiidae), and Ceratias uranoscopus (Ceratioidei: Ceratiidae) are presented here as new findings from Northern Indian Ocean. Specimens of diceratiids are rare, the present specimen of B. shaoi represents the fifth known specimen in the world, and similarly C. uranoscopus is the second known record from the Indian Ocean. The knowledge on the distribution and biology of Ceratioid fishes is still very poorly known from the Indian Ocean. Along with the diagnostic characters, previous distributional records from the Indian Ocean are also provided.
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The authors would like to thank Pietsch T. W., Professor, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, and curator of fishes at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington and Hsuan-Ching Ho, Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, for their continuous support. We also express our gratitude to the participants of cruise 316, 334 and an anonymous reviewer whose suggestions helped to improve our manuscript.
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M. P., R., Jacob, V., K. S., S. et al. Three new records of rare deep-sea Anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) from the Northern Indian Ocean. Mar Biodiv 46, 923–928 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0437-2
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