ThaumatichthyidaeThaumatichthyidae was merged into this article. The discussion was closed on 14 April 2026 with a consensus to merge. The original page is now a redirect to this article. Its history now serves to provide attribution for the content in this article, and it must not be deleted as long as this article exists.
A fact from Thaumatichthys appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 December2008, and was viewed approximately 7,605 times (disclaimer). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the deep-sea anglerfishThaumatichthys(pictured) has been called "one of the oddest creatures in the teeming variety of the fish world"?
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↑Pietsch, Theodore W. (2009). Oceanic anglerfishes: extraordinary diversity in the deep sea. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN978-0-520-94255-4. OCLC1298208235.
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