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Using strong olfactory receptors (i.e. smell receptors), the male searches until it locates a femaleanglerfish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While this attachment has become necessary for the male's survival, it will eventually consume him, as bothanglerfishfuse into a single hermaphroditic individual.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Their hyoid barbel distinguishes them from the males of all other deep-seaanglerfish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Anglerfishare named for their characteristic method of predation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other deep sea fish include the flashlight fish, cookiecutter shark, bristlemouths,anglerfish, and viperfish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ananglerfishcomes out of the darkness and begins to chase them frantically.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When scientists first started capturing ceratioidanglerfish, they noticed that all of the specimens were female.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This indicates theanglerfishuse a polyandrous mating system.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The femaleanglerfishreleases pheromones to attract tiny males.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Body shape and the arrangement of the fins is highly variable, covering such seemingly un-fishlike forms as seahorses, pufferfish,anglerfish, and gulpers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A singleanglerfishfemale can mate with many males in this manner.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are significantly smaller than a femaleanglerfish, and may have trouble finding food in the deep sea.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sensitive olfactory organs help the male to detect the pheromones that signal the proximity of a femaleanglerfish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Anglerfishmorphology reflects the value of energy conservation for these organisms which often live in extremely prey-scarce environments.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The dominant bathypelagic fishes are small bristlemouth andanglerfish; fangtooth, viperfish, daggertooth and barracudina are also common.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Monkfish, like mostanglerfishare also characterised by an enormously distensible stomach, which allows an individual monkfish to swallow prey fully as large as itself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Both the males and larvae differ from other deep-seaanglerfishin having slender bodies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In many fish, the pectoral fins aid in walking, especially in the lobe-like fins of someanglerfishand in the mudskipper.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One of severalanglerfishfamilies, black seadevils are named for their baleful appearance and typically pitch black skin.
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