Scientific Name	Cryptopsaras couesii   Pronounce			by: B. H. Gao
Author	Gill, 1883	Depth	0 - 2500M
Chinese	密棘角鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	角鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F242　Ceratiidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	密棘角鮟鱇
Max Length	44 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	深海鮟鱇
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	South West
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off New York, U.S.A., western North Atlantic, 39°18'30"N, 68°24'00"W
Synonyms	Ceratias carunculatus, Ceratias couesii, Ceratias mitsukurii, Cryptopsaras atlantidis, Cryptopsaras carunculatus, Cryptopsaras couesi, Cryptopsaras normani, Cryptopsaras pennifer, Cryptopsaras valdiviae, Cryptosaras couesi, Cryptosarus couesi, Cryptosparas atlantidis, Cryptosparas carunculatus ...all 16..
Reference	何宣慶(2002)碩士論文；Ho & Shao (2019), Zootaxa, 4702(1):10–18.   Gill, T. N. 1883 Pietsch, T. W. 1986 Nakabo T. 2002 何宣慶 2002 Mitsuomi, S. etc. 2003
Specimen List	ASIZP0057160. ASIZP0062002. ASIZP0062003. ASIZP0065680. ASIZP0066323. ASIZP0800968. ASIZP0910968. ZMUCP921367-*.
Barcode	2016-01-28,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Triplewart seadevil
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body of females relatively long and slender, mouth large, cleft strongly oblique, not extending past eye; lower jaws with well-developed symphysial spine; eye small; gill opening oval in shape, situated posterior to pectoral lobe; anterior end of pterygiophore if illicium exposed, emerging on head from between frontal bones just posterior to eye, escal bulb oval in shape, with a single slender appendage, divided into three branchus. Illicium long, considerably longer than length of escal bulb; two caruncles on dorsal midline of trunk just anterior to origin of soft-dorsal fin; subopercle without anterior spine; jaws equal anteriorly, cleft of mouth vertical to strongly oblique; postmawillary process well developed; sphenotic spines absent; opercle bicurcate; subopercle elongate; posterior end of pterygiophore of illicium emerging from dorsal midline just anterior to caruncles; caudal fin ray 8-9, the ninth or lowermost ray reduced to a small remnent, fourth innermost caudal fin rays bifurcated; esca without dermal denticles; skin covered with close-set dermal spines.
habitats	Marine. First dorsal spine of female highly modified into a long rod with a light organ in the tip call illicium and esca, the esca containing bacteria as luminous symbiont, its function in attracting prey. Oviparous, eggs are presumably contained in floa
Distribution	Widely distributed if tropical and subtropical parts of all oceans. It is rare in taiwan only recorded in southwest off Tungkang.
Utility	No commercial value.