''Ceratias'' is a small
genus
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of
seadevils.
Species
There are currently three recognized
species
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in this genus:
* ''
Ceratias holboelli''
Krøyer, 1845 (Krøyer's deep sea angler fish)
* ''
Ceratias tentaculatus''
Norman, 1930 (southern seadevil)
* ''
Ceratias uranoscopus''
J. Murray, 1877 (stargazing seadevil)
References
Ceratiidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Henrik Nikolai Krøyer
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