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Two-rod anglerfish

Diceratias bispinosus (Günther, 1887)

Status not recordedbony fish

The two-rod anglerfish (Diceratias bispinosus) is a species in the family Diceratiidae, order Lophiiformes.

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Quick facts about the two-rod anglerfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the two-rod anglerfish live?

Not recorded

Is the two-rod anglerfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the two-rod anglerfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderLophiiformes
  5. familyDiceratiidae
  6. genusDiceratias
  7. SpeciesDiceratias bispinosus (Günther, 1887)

Synonyms Ceratias bispinosus, Diceratias glomerosus, Paroneirodes glomerosus

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Horned two-rod anglerEnglish
  • hltavec dvoutrnnýCzech
  • トゲトゲチョウチンアンコウJapanese
  • Двухшипая дицератияRussian
  • ปลาตกเบ็ดตาหนามThai
  • 深海鮟鱇Chinese
  • 細瓣雙角鮟鱇Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the two-rod anglerfish

Other species in the same genus Diceratias.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the two-rod anglerfish?

The two-rod anglerfish (Diceratias bispinosus) belongs to the family Diceratiidae in the order Lophiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Two-rod anglerfish (Diceratias bispinosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/two-rod-anglerfish

MLA

“Two-rod anglerfish (Diceratias bispinosus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/two-rod-anglerfish.

BibTeX
@misc{two_rod_anglerfish_2026,
  title = {Two-rod anglerfish (Diceratias bispinosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/two-rod-anglerfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}