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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Thaumatichthyidae (Wolftrap anglers (Ref. 7463), Wolftrap Seadevils (Ref. 86949))
Etymology: Thaumatichthys: Greek, 'thauma' = wonder or marvel + Greek, 'ichthys' = fish (common name being "wonderfishes") ( Ref. 86949).
Eponymy: Prince Axel Christian Georg of Denmark (1888–1964) served in the Navy and gained the rank of Admiral. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 3570 m (Ref. 26282). Deep-water

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Eastern Central Pacific.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86949); 36.5 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 4. Distinguishing characteristics: length of premaxillae 23.5-27.0% SL; short anterior premaxillary teeth: I-1: 3.0, II-1: 1.9, II-2: 4.5, II-3: 4.8, III-1: 1.1, III-2: 1.9, III-3: 2.5, IV-1: 1.0, IV-2: 2.0, V-1: 0.9, V-2: 2.4 mm; esca with a single pair of laterally directed lobes, prolonged into tapering tentacle-like filaments in larger specimens; dorsal most medial escal appendage wart-like and untapering (Ref. 86949).

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McAllister, D.E., 1990. A working list of fishes of the world. Copies available from D.E. McAllister, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada. 2661 p. plus 1270 p. Index. (Ref. 27116)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 12 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6289 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.8 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).

Thaumatichthys axeli (Bruun, 1953)