The humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) is a species of black seadevils in the family of Melanocetidae, which means "black whale" in Greek.[1] The species is named after James Yate Johnson, the English naturalist who discovered the first specimen in Madeira in 1863.[2] The common names include anglerfish, viperfish and fangtoothfish.[2][3]
^Froese, R., Pauly D., Eds. (2015) Melanocetus johnsonii. FishBase.
^ abFitch, J.E., Lavenberg R.J. (1968). Deep-water teleostean fishes of California. University of California Press, 115.
^Humpback Blackdevil, Melanocetus johnsonii Gunther, 1864. Australian Museum.
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