Galapagos Species Database

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Cryptopsaras couesii Gill, 1883

Demonio marino de triple verruga, Triplewart seadevil

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Actinopteri

Order
Lophiiformes

Family
Ceratiidae

Genus
Cryptopsaras

Species
couesii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Ceratias carunculatus Günther, 1887,Ceratias couesii (Gill, 1883), Ceratias mitsukurii Tanaka, 1908, Cryptopsaras atlantidis Barbour, 1941, Cryptopsaras carunculatus (Günther, 1887), Cryptopsaras couesi Gill, 1883, Cryptopsaras normani Regan & Trewavas, 1932,Cryptopsaras pennifer Regan & Trewavas, 1932,Cryptopsaras valdiviae Regan & Trewavas, 1932, Cryptosaras couesi Gill, 1883, Cryptosares couesi Gill, 1883, Cryptosarus couesi Gill, 1883, Cryptosparas carunculatus (Günther, 1887), Cryptosparas normani Regan & Trewavas, 1932, Cryptosparas valdiviae Regan & Trewavas, 1932(Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
  • IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cryptopsaras couesii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24744. Accessed 16 July 2025.