Longhead Dreamer
Chaenophryne longiceps
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Chaenophryne longiceps, the longhead dreamer or smooth-head dreamer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep-sea anglerfishes. This predatory, deep-sea fish is found in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world. Like other deep-sea anglerfishes, it is sexually dimorphic with the metamorphosed females dwarfing the metamorphosed males, though the males are not sexual parasites.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Oneirodidae
- Genus
- Chaenophryne