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Class: Teleostei
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Himantolophidae Footballfishes

Genus: Himantolophus

(See list of species below)


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22 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Himantolophus albinares Atlantic Ocean. 19 SL 1961
Himantolophus appelii Prickly footballfish Circumglobal in the south 40 TL 1878
Himantolophus azurlucens Eastern Central Pacific 14.1 SL 1947
Himantolophus borealis Northwest Pacific. 6.2 SL 1984
Himantolophus brevirostris North Atlantic. 4 TL 1925
Himantolophus compressus Eastern Central Atlantic 13 SL 1909
Himantolophus cornifer Western Indian Ocean 20.8 SL 1988
Himantolophus crinitus Eastern Central Atlantic 8.3 SL 1988
Himantolophus danae Western Central Pacific. 3.9 SL 1932
Himantolophus groenlandicus Atlantic footballfish Tropical and temperate pa 60 SL 1837
Himantolophus litoceras Southwest Pacific 27.6 SL 2010
Himantolophus macroceras Eastern Central Atlantic 9.2 SL 1988
Himantolophus macroceratoides Eastern Central Atlantic 1988
Himantolophus mauli Eastern Atlantic 21.5 SL 1988
Himantolophus melanolophus Western Central Atlantic 15 SL 1988
Himantolophus multifurcatus Eastern Central Atlantic 12.2 SL 1988
Himantolophus nigricornis Western Central Pacific. 19.5 SL 1988
Himantolophus paucifilosus Eastern Central Atlantic 1988
Himantolophus pseudalbinares Southeast Atlantic 14.8 SL 1988
Himantolophus rostratus Widelspread 3.9 SL 1925
Himantolophus sagamius Pacific footballfish Pacific 20 SL 1918
Himantolophus stewarti Tasman Sea 12.4 SL 2011



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013