Black seadevils are small, deepsea lophiiform fish of the family Melanocetidae. The five known species (with only … See more

The black seadevil family, Melanocetidae, was first proposed as a subfamily in 1878 by the American biologist Theodore Gill. The only genus in the family is Melanocetus which was proposed as a monospecific genus in … See more

The black seadevil family, Melanocetidae and the genus name Melanocetus are a combination of melanos meaning "black" and cetus, which means a "large sea creature", typically used to refer to whales. Günther di… See more

The black seadevil family, Melanocetidae, contains the single genus Melanocetus which has six valid species classified within it:
• Melanocetus eustalus Pietsch & Van Duzer, 1980… See more

Black seadevils are characterised by a gelatinous, mostly scaleless, globose body, a large head, and generous complement of menacingly large, sharp, glassy, fang-like teeth lining the jaws of a cavernous, oblique mouth. The… See more