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''Diceratias'' is a genus of
double angler Double anglers are a family, Diceratiidae, of anglerfishes. They are found in deep, lightless waters of the Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans. They are easily distinguished from other anglerfishes by their possession of a second lig ...
s with three recognized species as of 2012:


Species

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Diceratias bispinosus ''Diceratias bispinosus'', commonly known as the two-rod angler, is a species of double angler, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic and has been found at depths ranging from . It is endemic to the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean ...
'' Günther, 1887 (Two-rod anglerfish) * ''
Diceratias pileatus ''Diceratias pileatus'' is a species of double angler, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic and has been found at depths ranging from . It is endemic to the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's fi ...
'' Uwate, 1979 * ''
Diceratias trilobus ''Diceratias trilobus'' is a species of double angler, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic and has been found as deep as . It is endemic to the northwest Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's ...
'' Balushkin & Fedorov, 1986


References

Diceratiidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Lophiiformes-stub