''Himantolophus albinares'' is a species of

footballfish The footballfish form a family, Himantolophidae, of globose, deep-sea anglerfishes found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean. The family contains about 22 species all in a single genus, ''Himantolo ...

, a type of

anglerfish The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes (). They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified luminescent fin ray (the esca or illicium) acts as a lure for other fish. The luminescence ...

. The fish is

bathypelagic The bathypelagic zone or bathyal zone (from Greek βαθύς (bathýs), deep) is the part of the open ocean that extends from a depth of below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above, and the abyssopelagic below. The bathypelagic ...

and can be found at depths ranging from . It is endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. As of 1999, a total of four specimens had been found.

References

Himantolophidae Deep sea fish Taxa named by Günther Maul Fish described in 1961 {{Lophiiformes-stub