Scientific Name	Bufoceratias thele   Pronounce			by: Hsuan-Ching Ho
Author	(Uwate, 1979)	Depth	680 - 1500M
Chinese	乳突蟾蜍角鮟鱇	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	雙角鮟鱇科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F238　Diceratiidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	後棘蟾鮟鱇
Max Length	16.2 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	蟾蜍角鮟鱇、乳突蟾鮟鱇、深海鮟鱇
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea	Holotype Locality	Halmahera Sea, western Pacific, 0°38.6'S, 129°05.6'E, depth 680-850 meters
Synonyms	Phrynichthys thele, Phrynichthys wedli
Reference	1. Pietsch, T.W., H.-C. Ho and H.-M. Chen, 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 ；2. Pietsch, T. W., 2009. Oceanic Anglerfishes: Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep- sea. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. 557pp.  Uwate, K. R. 1979 Pietsch, T. W. etc. 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0063075. ASIZP0070166. ASIZP0074365. ASIZP0076179. ASIZP0807092. ASIZP0917092.
Common Name	Double angler
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body of females short, globular; mouth large, cleft extending past eye; skin covered with tiny close-set dermal spinules; dark brown to black over entire surface of head, body; illicium very long, emerging from dorsal surface of head at rear of skull; second dorsal spine present sink beneath skin of head with age, but remaining connected to the surface through a small pore; anterior tip of pterygiophore of illicium concealed beneath skin; escal bulb small and simple esca without any appendage. Illicium length 120 %SL.
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, larvae habits in the upper, food-rich
Distribution	Widely distributed in the Western Pacific from Japan to Indonicia. It is rare in Taiwan only recorded from the northeastern off Yilan.
Utility	No commercial value.