Smooth anglerfish

The Smooth anglerfish lives in the bathypelagic, marine, depth range 0 - 2000 m environment.

A Smooth Anglerfish with eggs walking along the bottom at a depth of 8 m, The Pipeline, Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales, January 2009. More

A Smooth Anglerfish with eggs at a depth of 8 m, The Pipeline, Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales, January 2009. More

The Smooth Anglerfish has a small lure on the snout. This unusual fish occurs on coral reefs and inshore rocky reefs in temperate waters. More

The Smooth Anglerfish has a small lure on the snout. This unusual fish occurs on coral reefs and inshore rocky reefs in temperate waters. More

The Smooth Anglerfish has a small lure on the snout. This unusual fish occurs on coral reefs and inshore rocky reefs in temperate waters. More

A 7 cm long Smooth Anglerfish found washed up on the beach at Noosa Heads, Queensland, October 2007. More

The esca of the Smooth Anglerfish mimics an amphipod on which sand gobies (Nesogobius species) feed, and the Smooth Anglerfish feeds on these gobies. The species is considered to be very common in parts of Gulf St Vincent (GSV), below jetties, and in boulder reefs. More

Common names

Smooth anglerfish in English
背丝梦角鮟鱇 in Mandarin Chinese
背丝梦角鮟鱇 in Unknown
背絲夢角鮟鱇 in Mandarin Chinese
背絲夢角鮟鱇 in Unknown

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