Galapagos Species Database
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Cryptopsaras couesii
Demonio marino de triple verruga, Triplewart seadevil
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
- 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.