Specimen preserved at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO 21-41)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Lophiiformes
Family:
Himantolophidae
Genus:
Himantolophus
Species:
H. sagamius
Binomial name
Himantolophus sagamius
(S. Tanaka (I), 1918)
The Pacific footballfish (Himantolophus sagamius) is a species found in the Pacific. It has a wide range, extending from the coasts of Honshu (Gulf of Sagami) and Hokkaido islands through the Kuril-Kamchatka trough, in the northwest Pacific, to the eastern Pacific from California to Peru.[1] The footballfish is a species of anglerfish, and is known to live in waters as deep as 3,000 feet (900 m) or 500 fathoms.[2]
Specimen caught off the coast of San Clemente Island
^"ITIS standard report: Himantolophus sagamius (Tanaka, 1918)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
^"Spooky 'Finding Nemo' fish washes up on California beach". BBC News. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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