''Thaumatichthys binghami'' is a species of

wolftrap angler Thaumatichthyidae, the wolftrap anglers, is a small family of deep-sea anglerfishes, containing two genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. I ...

known from the western central

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

, where it occurs at a depth of . This species is similar to '' T. axeli'', except that its

esca 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 co ...

bears 2–3 pairs of lateral lobes that are elongated into tapering filaments in the largest individuals, and the uppermost medial appendage on the esca is

finger A finger is a limb of the body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of most of the Tetrapods, so also with humans and other primates. Most land vertebrates have five fingers ( Pentadactyly). Chambers ...

-like and tapering.

References

* binghami Fish of the Atlantic Ocean Fish described in 1927 Taxa named by Albert Eide Parr {{Lophiiformes-stub